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Saving the Medicare System With Medical Savings Accounts
Conclusion
Substantial progress can be made toward meeting the congressional budget
goal of eliminating $270 billion from projected Medicare spending without
any loss of health coverage or additional costs for the elderly. As Table
V shows:
We conclude, therefore, that solving the Medicare crisis is painless,
provided that we take full advantage of the options the private sector already
uses to control health care costs.
NOTE: Nothing written here should be construed as necessarily reflecting
the views of the National Center for Policy Analysis or as an attempt to
aid or hinder the passage of any bill before Congress.
