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Monday, May 20, 2013 - 10:07 AMThis is post three of a three-part series on the developing consensus for the next steps on health care reform. Part One is here. Part Two is here. Ultimately, for any health care reform plan to be credible and passable through Congress, it must have a meaningful and enforced target for long-term cost growth. In this final post of my three-part... Read More
Medicare Revenue
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The four stacked bars below each show the composition of Medicare revenues. For Medicare Part D and Part B, most of the necessary funds comes from general revenue and premiums. Medicare Part A, however, is funded largely with revenue from payroll taxes. The stacked bar to the far left represents the revenue sources for all three of these parts combined.
2011 Annual Report of the Boards of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance and Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds
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The American health care system is a patchwork of public and private programs that serve citizens in different ways, depending on their age, military...