| Table of Contents: | | | | GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS : NA, United States | | | | TOPICS : economy, industry, politics, social, debt, fiscal, government, health, insurance, investment, policy, public sector, reform, welfare, growth, party, poverty, private sector, productivity, technology | | | | SIGNIFICANCE : US policymakers are concerned by unsustainable increases in Medicare and Medicaid spending -- the government healthcare programmes for the elderly and poor. Bush's 2009 budget calls for reducing the growth of federal outlays for these schemes, but does not address the underlying causes of rising healthcare costs. |
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