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Financing the Health Care of the Aged

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  • JUDITH R. LAVE
  • HERBERT A. SILVERMAN

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The Medicare and Medicaid programs, which were enacted through the 1965 amendments to the Social Security Act, placed the federal government in the central role of assuring access of the aged and the poor to needed medical care. In this article the trends in the sources of financing medical care services for the aged are examined. The distinction in terms of insurance coverage between acute care services and long-term care services is highlighted. The effect of the programs in terms of reducing the aged's direct financial cost of medical care, increasing their access to medical services, and improving their health status is explored. The unanticipated increase in the cost of these programs has led to a change in emphasis in public policy, from assuring access to mainstream medical care to containing the cost of providing care. The direction of new federal policies is analyzed, and it is concluded that no longer will it follow the private sector's specifications of the conditions and arrangements under which health services are provided to program beneficiaries.

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  • Judith R. Lave & Herbert A. Silverman, 1983. "Financing the Health Care of the Aged," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 468(1), pages 149-164, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:anname:v:468:y:1983:i:1:p:149-164
    DOI: 10.1177/0002716283468001010
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