Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act Of 1988

Excerpt from Overview of Present Law and Estimated Budget Effects of the Medicare Catastrophic Insurance Program and Description of Possible Premium Options: Scheduled for a Hearing Before the Senate Committee on Finance on June 1, 1989 The Senate Committee on Finance has scheduled a hearing on June 1, 1989, on the estimated budget effects of the Medicare catastrophic insurance program and supplemental premium options under the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988. This document,1 prepared by the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation, provides a discussion of present law, estimated budget effects, distribution of the supplemental premium, and possible premium options. Part I of the document provides a summary description of present law relating to Medicare benefits and financing of the benefits. Part II compares the estimated budget effects of the Medicare catastrophic insurance program when the Act was enacted and the current estimates by the Congressional Budget Office and the Administration. Part III provides data on the distribution of the current Medicare supplemental premium by income group, and Part IV discusses possible options to modify the premium. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.