What Is Medicare Going to Do to Survive?
Author Affiliations: Dr. Stefanacci served as a CMS Health Policy Scholar for 2003-2004. He is Director of the Center for Medicare Medication Management and the Geriatric Health Program at the Mayes College of Healthcare Business & Policy, University of the Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.
Dr. Spivack is Associate Physician Editor of Clinical Geriatrics.
When Medicare was created in 1965, the average lifespan for those 65 years of age was four years, and this was being paid for by ten taxpayers for each Medicare beneficiary. The number of Medicare beneficiaries at this ...
