How Rising Medical Costs Impact Our Budget Deficit
Having discussed why Medicare (and to a lesser extent, Medicaid) spending is a big culprit behind our deficits in The Truth About Deficit Spending, it is worth examining exactly why medical costs are soaring.
Can we resolve the issue by simply increasing the Medicare eligibility age or asking seniors to chip in a few more dollars at the doctor's office? Probably not, and let's explore why....636 more words left in this article. To read them, just click below and try Real Money FREE for 14 days.
There’s no substitute for a trading floor to get great ideas, so Jim Cramer created a better one at Real Money and blogs there exclusively. We then added legendary hedge fund manager, Doug Kass, with his exclusive Daily Diary and best investing ideas. Staffed with more than 4 dozen investing pros, money managers, journalists and analysts, Real Money Pro gives you a flood of opinions, analysis and actionable trading advice found nowhere else, and allows you to interact directly with each expert.
Already a Subscriber? Please login.
