Download or read book Magnitude of the Financial Crisis in Medicare written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Subcommittee on Health Care and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Medicare Financing Crisis and Recommendations for Medicare Financial Reforms written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Health and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Medicare s Financial Crisis written by United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Medicare Financing Crisis written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Health and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Medicare s Midlife Crisis written by Sue A. Blevins and published by Cato Institute. This book was released on 2001-11-25 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you know the real facts about Medicare? Even before Medicare was created in 1965, more than three out of four seniors were protected by a safety net for medical assistance financed by federal and state government revenues. The average life expectancy for older Americans was on the rise long before Medicare began paying their health care bills. Today, Medicare's insurance coverage is so limited that it doesn't protect seniors against catastrophic medical costs. It also fails to cover many routine health services outside the hospital, such as prescription drugs, dental care, eye examinations, and physical examinations. Seniors now are paying nearly as large a share of their income for out-of-pocket health care costs as they were before Medicare. But they cannot refuse Medicare's hospital coverage unless they forfeit all of their Social Security retirement benefits. And the federal government effectively prohibits Medicare beneficiaries from paying physicians privately for Medicare-covered services. Most Americans, and even most seniors, know little or nothing about Medicare and the efforts being made to reform it. Blevins examines the program's origins, evolution, and future policy options. She recounts how Medicare was created as part of a larger plan for universal health insurance. Blevins points out how Medicare costs grew far beyond the original estimates used to muster political support for the program. She finds that Medicare restricts health care choices, jeopardizes the doctor-patient relationship, and threatens to invade the medical privacy of seniors. We won't regain control over our health care until we learn the lessons revealed through an examination of Medicare's history and consider the steps Blevins recommends for dealing with Medicare today.
Download or read book Medicare Financing Crisis and Recommendations for Medicare Financial Reforms written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Health and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Magnitude of the Financial Crisis in Medicare written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Subcommittee on Health Care and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Medicare s Financial Crisis written by Robert F. Bennett and published by . This book was released on 2006-07 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Witnesses: David M. Walker, Comptroller General, GAO; Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Ph.D., Dir., Congressional Budget Office (CBO); Gail R. Wilensky, Ph.D., John M. Olin Sr. Fellow, Center for Health Affairs, Project HOPE; John P. Martin, Dir., Employment, Labour, & Social Affairs, Organization for Economic Co-operation & Development (OECD); & Marilyn Moon, Ph.D., Sr. Fellow, The Urban Institute. Also includes prepared statements of: Senators Robert F. Bennett, Chmn., Joint Econ. Comm., & Edward M. Kennedy; & Rep. Peter Stark, Ranking Minority Member, Joint Econ. Comm., with A Primer for Journalists on Medicare Reform Proposals,Ó by Uwe E. Reinhardt, Ph.D., Princeton Univ. Illustrations.
Download or read book Delivering Affordable Cancer Care in the 21st Century written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2013-06-20 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rising health care costs are a central fiscal challenge confronting the United States. National spending on health care currently accounts for 18 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), but is anticipated to increase to 25 percent of GDP by 2037. The Bipartisan Policy Center argues that "this rapid growth in health expenditures creates an unsustainable burden on America's economy, with far-reaching consequences". These consequences include crowding out many national priorities, including investments in education, infrastructure, and research; stagnation of employee wages; and decreased international competitiveness.In spite of health care costs that far exceed those of other countries, health outcomes in the United States are not considerably better. With the goal of ensuring that patients have access to high-quality, affordable cancer care, the Institute of Medicine's (IOM's) National Cancer Policy Forum convened a public workshop, Delivering Affordable Cancer Care in the 21st Century, October 8-9, 2012, in Washington, DC. Delivering Affordable Cancer Care in the 21st Century summarizes the workshop.
Download or read book Medicare Financing Crisis written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Health and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Crisis in Medicare written by United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Coming Health Crisis written by John R. Wolfe and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1993-04 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moreover, other traditionally reliable sources of financial assistance - Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid - have faced serious financial difficulties in recent years. Who will the aged turn to for assistance? The Coming Health Crisis suggests that as funds from all quarters dwindle, older Americans will have to look to alternative programs for financial assistance. Wolfe urges immediate action to develop new saving programs and increase existing transfer schemes to head off an imminent crisis. Although tax increases might provide some resources, he demonstrates that it is more important to accumulate capital to create solid reserves for the future. Wolfe also explores two roles for government: prefunding new or existing social insurance programs and promoting private insurance options.
Download or read book The Political Life of Medicare written by Jonathan Oberlander and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2003-06 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, bitter partisan disputes have erupted over Medicare reform. Democrats and Republicans have fiercely contested issues such as prescription drug coverage and how to finance Medicare to absorb the baby boomers. As Jonathan Oberlander demonstrates in The Political Life of Medicare, these developments herald the reopening of a historic debate over Medicare's fundamental purpose and structure. Revealing how Medicare politics and policies have developed since Medicare's enactment in 1965 and what the program's future holds, Oberlander's timely and accessible analysis will interest anyone concerned with American politics and public policy, health care politics, aging, and the welfare state.
Download or read book Medicare s Financial Crisis written by United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Magnitude Of The Financial Crisis In Medicare Hrgs S Hrg 105 306 Committee On Finance United States Senate 105th Cong 1st Sess Feb 12 1997 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance and published by . This book was released on 1998* with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Approaching Death written by Committee on Care at the End of Life and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1997-10-30 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the end of life makes its inevitable appearance, people should be able to expect reliable, humane, and effective caregiving. Yet too many dying people suffer unnecessarily. While an "overtreated" dying is feared, untreated pain or emotional abandonment are equally frightening. Approaching Death reflects a wide-ranging effort to understand what we know about care at the end of life, what we have yet to learn, and what we know but do not adequately apply. It seeks to build understanding of what constitutes good care for the dying and offers recommendations to decisionmakers that address specific barriers to achieving good care. This volume offers a profile of when, where, and how Americans die. It examines the dimensions of caring at the end of life: Determining diagnosis and prognosis and communicating these to patient and family. Establishing clinical and personal goals. Matching physical, psychological, spiritual, and practical care strategies to the patient's values and circumstances. Approaching Death considers the dying experience in hospitals, nursing homes, and other settings and the role of interdisciplinary teams and managed care. It offers perspectives on quality measurement and improvement, the role of practice guidelines, cost concerns, and legal issues such as assisted suicide. The book proposes how health professionals can become better prepared to care well for those who are dying and to understand that these are not patients for whom "nothing can be done."
Download or read book Out sooner and Sicker written by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Aging and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
