title: Targeting Medicare in the Federal budget: an annual event?
abstract: When it came time to reduce the 1991 federal budget, it was not surprising that the budget cutters set their sights on Medicare to reduce the deficit. But why does Medicare appear to be such a major target at budget time, and when are "cuts" really cuts?
authors: Price Waterhouse, Washington, DC.
authors: S E
authors: SE
authors: Collender
authors: B A
authors: BA
authors: Chow
mesh_terms: D002017:Budgets / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States