title: Senior bashing.
abstract: ¿Elderly, affluent--and selfish.¿ That New York Times headline could be the battle cry of a group of politicians, policy wonks and journalists. They charge that seniors receive an unfair share of federal spending through Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. But what's the myth and what's reality?
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Meyer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015276:Health Care Rationing / Q000191:economics*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income / Q000639:trends; D016901:Intergenerational Relations; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics*; D009229:Mythology; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States