title: The tough choices commission.
abstract: With each passing year, Medicare's financial stability gets worse and the policy options become more daunting. Congress and the White House appear incapable of administering tough medicine. Could a new independent body do any better?
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Berdahl
mesh_terms: D005376:Financial Management; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration; D006278:Medicare / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011050:Policy Making; D012179:Retirement; D012866:Skilled Nursing Facilities / Q000191:economics; D014481:United States