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News9 new results for Medicare
 
Medicare trust fund projected to last until 2026 as health costs drop
Washington Post
Falling health-care costs are brightening the financial outlook for Medicare, extending the life of the trust fund that supports the program until 2026 — two years later than previously forecast. The new projections, released Friday by the program's ...
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Medicare financial outlook improves, but problems still loom
Los Angeles Times
"Neither Medicare nor Social Security can sustain long-term programs in full under currently scheduled financing, and legislative changes are necessary to avoid disruptive consequences for beneficiaries," they concluded. Leading Washington budget ...
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Medicare's Deterioration Slows as Health Law Blunts Costs (3)
Businessweek
Assets for the Part A trust that pays for hospital visits, nursing care and related services for Medicare's 51 million elderly and disabled beneficiaries, fell $23.8 billion in 2012, according to a report today from the program's trustees. That ...
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Outlook for Medicare Has Improved a Bit, US Estimates
New York Times
WASHINGTON — The financial outlook for Medicare has improved because of a stronger economy and slower growth in health spending, and the financial condition of Social Security has not worsened but is still unsustainable, the Obama administration said ...
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Study: Immigrants subsidize Medicare
The Durango Herald
A new report released on May 29 from researchers at Harvard Medical School and Hunter College School of Public Health says that immigrants, particularly non-citizens, heavily subsidize Medicare, and that policies that restrict immigration may deplete ...
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Medicare Trust Fund Outlook Improves
MedPage Today
WASHINGTON -- Medicare's hospital insurance trust fund will be depleted by 2026 -- 2 years later than last year's projection, the program's trustees said Friday in their 2013 annual report. The improved outlook for the program was attributed to lower ...
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Medicare's trust fund will last two more years. What does that mean?
Washington Post (blog)
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius did announce that the Medicare's trust fund would last until 2026, two years longer than previously expected. She quickly pointed to the Affordable Care Act, which made significant cuts to Medicare ...
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Report Dials Back Concerns Over Funding for Medicare
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The report plays into the political discussion over the government-run health-care plan for seniors and the disabled. It also adds fuel to a broader debate about the reasons for a recent slowdown in the growth of health costs, both in Medicare and ...
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Pulse : Obamacare subsidies on trial in Okla .
Politico
TODAY'S MEDICARE TRUSTEE ASSESSMENT A HIGH-STAKES AFFAIR – The future of Medicare, as we know it, will be a little clearer today, when HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius joins Treasurer Jack Lew and Medicare trustees to discuss their latest ...
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Blogs5 new results for Medicare
 
Calculated Risk: Social Security and Medicare Trustees Report ...
By Bill McBride
What is the Outlook for Future Social Security and Medicare Costs in Relation to GDP? One instructive way to view the projected costs of Social Security and Medicare is to compare the costs of scheduled benefits for the two programs with the ...
Calculated Risk
AARP Statement on 2013 Medicare Trustees Report
“The Medicare Trustees report today reminds us of the financial challenges facing the Medicare program, particularly the high cost of health care. We're already seeing how controlling costs has had a positive impact on the program, but we ...
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White House takes credit for good news on Medicare, credits health ...
By Lesley Clark
The trustees reported that Medicare will be solvent through 2026, "nearly a decade longer than projected," when President Obama's health care bill passed, the White House said. "Their annual report also shows that the long run actuarial ...
Planet Washington
Andrew Coates: Immigrants heavily subsidize Medicare | WAMC
By Andrew Coates
This week the prestigious journal Health Affairs published a new study that shows that "immigrants, particularly noncitizen immigrants, heavily subsidize.
WAMC
2 Years Added To Expected Life Of Medicare Trust Fund | KTOO
By Mark Memmott - NPR News
“The trust fund that finances Medicare's hospital insurance coverage will remain solvent until 2026, two years beyond what was projected in last year's report,” the program's trustees reported Friday. In a statement, the administrator of the ...
KTOO

Web5 new results for Medicare
 
Medicare exhausted in 2026, trustees say - Brett Norman ... - Politico
Medicare's trust fund will start running out of money in 2026, two years later than the program's trustees estimated last year as the trend toward slower spending ...
www.politico.com/.../medicare-exhausted-2026-trustees-9206...
Medicare Trustees: Medicare is Growing Stronger, with Help from ...
The Medicare Trustees report good news for seniors and taxpayers about the long-term security of the program.
www.whitehouse.gov/.../medicare-trustees-medicare-growing-...
2013 Medicare Trustees Report - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ...
B. Medicare Data for Calendar Year 2012 . ... D. Financial Outlook for the Medicare Program . .... F. Medicare and Social Security Trust Funds and the Federal ...
www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and.../TR2013.pdf
Government report says Medicare exhausted in 2026 | Fox News
The government says Medicare's giant hospital trust will not be exhausted until 2026, while the date that Social Security will exhaust its trust fund is unchanged ...
www.foxnews.com/.../trustees-say-medicare-exhausted-in-202...
Trustees: Medicare trust fund exhausted in 2026 - Yahoo! News
From Yahoo! News: WASHINGTON (AP) — The government said Friday that Medicare's giant hospital trust fund will be exhausted in 2026, two years later than ...
news.yahoo.com/trustees-medicare-trust-fund-exhausted-2026...


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