title: The election and the nation's fiscal plight aim the spotlight again on Medicare.
abstract: The candidates' differing prescriptions for what ails Medicare mask real uncertainties about the effectiveness of proffered solutions.
authors.affiliation: Los Angeles Times/Tribune Washington bureau, USA.
authors.forename: Noam N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Levey
mesh_terms: D002017:Budgets; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D011050:Policy Making; D011057:Politics; D017149:Private Sector; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms; D014481:United States