Doctor and laboratory bills are paid by a separate Medicare trust fund.
The Medicare trust funds would pay an amount equivalent to their current contributions for hospital care and doctors' services.
We have all agreed to stabilize the Medicare trust fund.
Under current law, with no action by Congress, the Medicare trust fund is expected to run out of money in 2008.
But the Medicare trust fund will start running deficits in 2013 and run out of money by 2026.
The money came from an account in the Medicare trust fund.
Something has to be done if the Medicare trust fund is going to survive.
This is much more than would be needed simply to keep the Medicare trust fund from going broke.
Most of the remainder would bolster the Medicare trust fund.
These companies are supposed to be stewards of the Medicare trust fund.
Doctor and laboratory bills are paid by a separate Medicare trust fund.
The Medicare trust funds would pay an amount equivalent to their current contributions for hospital care and doctors' services.
We have all agreed to stabilize the Medicare trust fund.
Under current law, with no action by Congress, the Medicare trust fund is expected to run out of money in 2008.
But the Medicare trust fund will start running deficits in 2013 and run out of money by 2026.
The money came from an account in the Medicare trust fund.
Something has to be done if the Medicare trust fund is going to survive.
This is much more than would be needed simply to keep the Medicare trust fund from going broke.
Most of the remainder would bolster the Medicare trust fund.
These companies are supposed to be stewards of the Medicare trust fund.