The Economics of Medicare Reform

Andrew J. Rettenmaier and Thomas R. Saving
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Andrew J. Rettenmaier: Texas A & M University
Thomas R. Saving: Texas A & M University

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Abstract: Rettenmaier and Saving propose a means for preserving Medicare as we know it. After detailing the reasons for Medicare's financial troubles, they present a cohort-based financing plan for Medicare that represents a fundamental departure from the generation transfer method currently used.

Keywords: medicare; financing; cohort-based financing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
ISBN: cloth 9780880992121 paper 9780880992114
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