The Size of the Long-Term Spending Growth Reductions in Medicare from the PPACA

Bruce Webb:

The Medicare Headline You Didn't See (and won't): For years we have been regaled with scary, scary numbers about how Medicare's projected unfunded liability was in the TENS OF TRILLIONS. And sure enough if you consulted the Medicare Report and examined the actuarial projections for Medicare Part A you would find that number. But a funny thing happened with the 2010 [Medicare Trustees':] Report and is shown in the data table above: the 75 year number is down to $6.9...