Walking the Tightrope on Medicare Reform

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dc.contributor.author	Cutler, David
dc.date.accessioned	2009-03-02T01:55:03Z
dc.date.issued	2000
dc.identifier.citation	Cutler, David. Walking the tightrope on medicare reform. 2000. Journal of Economic Perspectives 14, no. 2: 45-56.	en
dc.identifier.issn	0895-3309	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:2640587
dc.description.abstract	A central controversy in the debate about Medicare is whether the program spends too much money or whether instead it should be expanded to cover more. I consider the value of increased Medicare spending. I argue that on average Medicare spending is worth it: the health gains brought by medicare have been greater than their cost. At the margin, however, services are overused and have low value. Medicare reforms need to promote the high average value of care while eliminating care of low value. Many of the proposed reforms fall short of this goal.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	Economics	en
dc.publisher	American Economic Association	en
dc.relation.isversionof	http://www.e-jep.org/archive/1402/14020045.pdf	en
dc.relation.hasversion	http://www.aeaweb.org/jep/contents/Spring2000.html#AN0530427	en
dc.relation.hasversion	http://ideas.repec.org/a/aea/jecper/v14y2000i2p45-56.html	en
dash.license	LAA
dc.title	Walking the Tightrope on Medicare Reform	en
dc.relation.journal	Journal of Economic Perspectives	en
dash.depositing.author	Cutler, David