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A 3 page memo discussing two leading problems of Medicare. The two primary problems facing Medicare is (1) the requirement that all individuals aged 65 and older participate even when they have no specific need; and (2) annual automatic increases in allowable charges for service to Medicare. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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File: CC6_KSmedPolProbM.rtf
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Medicare and Medicaid Date: Introduction We are all aware that the greatest single problem facing Medicare is its cost of operation and
the relative lack of success that the government has had in holding down the rate of cost increases. Increasing costs constitute the leading problem in all of health care
in all areas, not only those specific to Medicares interests. Certainly Medicaid can be improved operationally, but inclusion in the program is conditional on need and circumstances. Such
is not the case with Medicare, which provides the basis for one of its leading problems. The two primary problems facing Medicare is (1) the requirement that all individuals
aged 65 and older participate even when they have no specific need; and (2) annual automatic increases in allowable charges for service to Medicare. Participation
The official number of uninsured Americans has surpassed 46.6 million, with the true number likely much higher (Lavizzo-Mourey, 2006), but the demographic group most likely to have private
health care insurance available to them are those approaching or who have reached retirement age. Even though many Americans over the age of 65 have full access to health
insurance coverage, Medicare requires full participation by everyone over the age of 65 (Scanlon, 2001). As costs continue to rise throughout all of
health care, increasing numbers of physicians opt not to serve Medicare patients because of the burdensome reporting requirements and Medicares insistence that no other patient treated be given any preferential
pricing. The result is that (1) a private physician risks charges on - and conviction of - Medicare fraud when striving to provide service for uninsured individuals at reduced
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