Building on Medicare's Strengths

Medicare reform is needed, but the program's core principles and essential components must be preserved. The principles that are integrally related to Medicare's role as a social insurance program are universality and redistribution, Medicare's pooling of risks, and the role the gover...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Issues in science and technology 1999-12, Vol.16 (2), p.65-71
1. Verfasser:	MOON, MARILYN
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Analysis Beneficiaries Elderly Health aspects Health care costs Health care economics Health care reform Health insurance Health planning Health policy Health services administration Insurance premiums Insurance providers Medical policy Medicare Older adults Private sector Reforms Social insurance
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Zusammenfassung:	Medicare reform is needed, but the program's core principles and essential components must be preserved. The principles that are integrally related to Medicare's role as a social insurance program are universality and redistribution, Medicare's pooling of risks, and the role the government has played in protecting beneficiaries.
ISSN:	0748-5492 1938-1557