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2005 Annual Report of the Boards of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance and Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds
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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services3/23/2005
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These projections demonstrate the need for timely and effective action to address Medicare’s financial challenges. Consideration of such reforms should occur in the relatively near future. The sooner the solutions are enacted, the more flexible and gradual they can be. Moreover, the early introduction of reforms increases the time available for affected individuals and organizations—including health care providers, beneficiaries, and taxpayers—to adjust their expectations. We believe that prompt, effective, and decisive action is necessary to address these challenges.
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Link to Report (PDF)
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Pages: 215
Ordering Information:
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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The Health Beat by Maggie Mahar Blog
 The Century Foundation fellow, Maggie Mahar discusses today's most pressing health care policy issues in The Health Beat by Maggie Mahar blog. Click here to view.
Getting More Value from Medicare
In “Getting More Value from Medicare,” The Century Foundation, fellow and HealthBeat Blog editor Maggie Mahar points out that past proposals for containing Medicare’s costs, such as putting a cap on physicians’ fees or requiring beneficiaries to pay more for their care, have not worked.
Money-Driven Medicine
 View, Money-Driven Medicine: The Real Reason Health Care Costs So Much (Harper/Collins 2006), a book by The Century Foundation's Health Fellow, Maggie Mahar. |
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A Second Opinion
Dr. Arnold Relman,
PublicAffairs,
The Century Foundation,
4/23/2007
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Medicare Tomorrow
The Century Foundation Task Force on Medicare Reform, Century Foundation Press
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