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Publication Date: March 2004
Publisher: Center for Economic and Policy Research
Author(s): Dean Baker
Research Area: Health
Keywords: Vouchers; Life expectancy; Elderly
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
This paper notes that projections of soaring budget defincits are driven primarily by rising health care costs, not demographics. It proposes a solution that would enable Medicare beneficiaries to buy into the health care systems of countries with higher life expentancies and lower medical costs than the U.S.