Medicare’s Hospital Trust Fund Will Be Insolvent By 2019, According To Trustees Report

The Medicare hospital insurance trust fund will become insolvent by 2019, the estimate given last year, according to a report released on Tuesday by the board of trustees for Medicare and Social Security, the New York Times reports (Pear, New York Times, 3/26). The trustees projected that Medicare spending will increase from 3.

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Filed under: Medicare / Medicaid / Tricare on April 2nd, 2008