Medicare: Insolvency Projections

Davis, Patricia A.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Medicare;    Health policy;    Retiree health benefits;    Health insurance;   

RP-ID  :  RS20946
RP-ID  :  RS20946_2014Sep19

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report focuses on the two separate trust funds that fund Medicare, the Hospital Insurance (HI) trust fund and Supplementary Medical Insurance (SMI) trust fund. Almost from its inception, the HI trust fund has faced a projected shortfall and eventual insolvency. Because of the way it is financed, the SMI trust fund cannot become insolvent; however, the Medicare Trustees continue to express concerns about the rapid growth in SMI costs.