At this AEI event experts discussed the findings and implications of the 2010 Medicare Trustees Report.

Scott Gottlieb's testimony on the Independent Payment Advisory Board for the Committee on Ways and Means' subcommittee on health.

Joesph Antos' statement on premium support for Medicare before the House Committee on Ways and Means' Subcommittee on Health

This event will examine whether or not Medicare can meet its obligations to seniors despite rapidly rising health costs and shrinking revenues.

Last month, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released its latest projections of health spending. These official projections showed that the health share of GDP would rise to 19.8 percent by 2020. But just as official estimates substantially understate the role of government in health spending, they fail to highlight a point that should be of concern to all Americans.

Will Medicare be there for younger generations when they turn sixty-five? Despite the good news that the Part D drug benefit is more popular and less expensive than originally projected, Medicare financing is under growing pressure as increasing numbers of beneficiaries use more--and more expensive--care. The Medicare trustees sounded a...

Medicaid accounted for 14.8 percent of the $2.1 trillion in total health spending in 2006 and 7 percent of the federal budget in 2007. In the next ten years, Medicaid expenditures are projected to grow at a rate of 7.9 percent per year, a rate that exceeds the growth of...

Richard Foster, Medicare's chief actuary, will present the major findings of the Medicare trustees' report, to be released in early May. Will the addition of the new drug benefit, which began in January, have a significant effect on the long-term financial condition of Medicare, or is there reason for optimism?...