Medicare Demonstration Projects

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Most Medicare demonstrations aimed at improving care delivery have not reduced federal spending, but they offer lessons for such demonstrations in the future.

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Raising the Ages of Eligibility for Medicare and Social Security

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With life expectancy rising, some have suggested raising the eligibility ages for Medicare and Social Security. Such a policy would reduce federal deficits but also lower benefits.

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Public-Private Partnerships

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Partnerships between private companies and governments have built highways slightly less expensively and slightly more quickly than governments acting alone, but they bring no new sources of revenue as all construction draws on the same sources for funds.

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