Medicare Posts $12B Loss for 2023

By Allison Bell

News May 07, 2024 at 02:03 PM

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Medicare trustees moved the inpatient hospital benefits fund depletion date back to 2036, from 2031.
The trustees continue to believe that the situation is worse than it officially looks.
The trustees now include some assumptions for what life will be like in 2098.

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