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Reforming Medicare: The Affordable Care Act versus the Rivlin/Ryan Proposal
Publication Date: January 2011
Publisher(s): National Center for Policy Analysis (U.S.)
Author(s): Andrew J. Rettenmaier; Thomas R. Saving
Series: 736
Topic: Health (Health services for low income people)
Health (Health care financing)
Keywords: Rivlin; Ryan; ACA; Medicare
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
Former Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Alice Rivlin and
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) have offered a proposal to reduce projected
Medicare and Medicaid spending. The provisions affecting Medicare
are independent of last year’s health reform bill, the Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The ACA also cuts Medicare spending
significantly in order to fund health insurance for the uninsured.