Medicare benefits: a reassessment.
Changes in beneficiary cost-sharing provisions must be part of any multi-faceted strategy for Medicare's fiscal solvency . The current flawed benefit structure is seen as inefficient, inequitable , and contrary to prudent insurance principles. An income-related and selective increase in cost-sharing, combined with maximum liability, is proposed.
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