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2022 Social Security and Medicare Trustees’ Reports Show Small Improvement in Outlook

June 3, 2022 | Paul N. Van de Water

The trustees now project that the reserves of the combined Social Security trust funds will be depleted one years later than in last years’ report, and Medicare’s Hospital Insurance trust fund two years later.

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Medicare provides health coverage to people age 65 and older but also younger adults with permanent disabilities.

We analyze proposals that would affect Medicare (such as replacing its guarantee of coverage with a premium-support voucher) to evaluate their impact on beneficiaries. We also monitor Medicare’s finances and work to ensure that proposals to strengthen its financial health do not unduly burden beneficiaries, such as by slashing benefits or shifting costs to them.

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Inflation Reduction Act Will Reduce Medicare Drug Costs, Not Cut Benefits

The Inflation Reduction Act, which the Senate has passed and the House is set to consider later this week, will reduce the cost of prescription drugs that are covered by Medicare, thereby saving...

2022 Social Security and Medicare Trustees’ Reports Show Small Improvement in Outlook

The trustees now project that the reserves of the combined Social Security trust funds will be depleted one years later than in last years’ report, and Medicare’s Hospital Insurance trust fund...

2021 Social Security and Medicare Trustees’ Reports Show Modest Effect of Pandemic and Recession

The annual reports of the Social Security and Medicare trustees, released today, indicate that the COVID-19 pandemic and recession will only modestly worsen the programs’ financial...

Strengthening Medicare Financing

Medicare’s Hospital Insurance (HI) trust fund faces depletion in only about three years, according to the latest projections from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). To improve program solvency...

Medicaid and Medicare Enrollees Need Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefits

Most Medicaid or Medicare enrollees do not have comprehensive health coverage for vision, dental, or hearing benefits. Congress should consider adding coverage for these services to Medicare and...

ACA Suit Threatens Disruption, Loss of Protections for Tens of Millions of Medicaid, Medicare Beneficiaries

Tens of millions of Medicaid and Medicare beneficiaries face direct harm from a lawsuit to overturn the Affordable Care Act (ACA) — which strengthened and updated both programs,...

2020 Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports Do Not Reflect Effects of Pandemic and Recession

The annual reports released today don’t provide an up-to-date picture of Social Security’s and Medicare’s financial...

Medicare in the 2021 Trump Budget

President Trump’s 2021 budget proposes about $500 billion in net Medicare spending reductions over ten years (see table), most of which would come from reducing payments to health care...

House Medicare Bills Would Better Protect Low-Income Beneficiaries

Bills reported by House committees would improve two programs that help low-income Medicare beneficiaries with their health care...

Executive Order, Other Administration Actions Would Weaken Medicare

President Trump billed a recent executive order as “protecting and improving Medicare for our nation’s seniors” and “enhancing [its] fiscal sustainability,” but it would actually do the...

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