title: Perspectives. Medicare by the numbers: a tale of many tradeoffs.
mesh_terms: D002017:Budgets / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D016527:Drug Costs; D008484:Medicaid / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011057:Politics; D012424:Rural Population; D014481:United States; D014483:United States Dept. of Health and Human Services