In June 2009, President Obama said, “Medicare and Medicaid are the single  biggest drivers of the federal deficit and the federal debt by a huge margin.” Two  years later, Paul Ryan and the House Republicans have advanced a serious  proposal to deal with these two biggest drivers of our debt. Obama and his party  could ...
Nov 22, 2013 ... Rubio didn't quantify the role of defense in our national debt or specify a  timeframe, he simply said that debt isn't due to defense spending. ... affairs at the  conservative Heritage Foundation, cited spending growth in Medicare, Medicaid,  Social Security and Obamacare subsidies for our long-term deficit.
Jun 14, 2017 ... The national debt level of the United States has always been a subject of  controversy. But, given that four consecutive years of $1 trillion budget deficits ( 2009-2012) has pushed the .... Unfortunately, evaluating the country's national  debt in relation to the country's gross domestic product (GDP), though common, is  not the best ...
The rising cost of Medicare is placing an increasing burden on current and future  taxpayers, as well as exacerbating the poor financial condition of a program on  which America's seniors depend in their retirement. The traditional program's fee- for-service payment system, in which doctors and hospitals are paid a fixed price  ...
Major drivers of health care costs include: inappropriate utilization especially of  advanced medical technology, lack of patient involvement in decision-making,  payment system distortions that encourage over-use, high prices for health care  services, a health care workforce that is not aligned with national needs,  excessive ...
Medicare and Medicaid are the single biggest drivers of the federal deficit and the federal debt by a huge margin.