Medicare Reform: Issues Associated With General Revenue Financing

T-AIMD-00-126 Published: Mar 27, 2000. Publicly Released: Mar 27, 2000.

Highlights

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the use of general fund revenues as part of Social Security and Medicare reform, focusing on general revenue financing of the Medicare program.

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Topics

Auditing and Financial Management

Budget surplusFinancial managementFuture budget projectionsHealth care programsHealth insurance cost controlHealth services administrationMedicareProposed legislationTrust fundsPayroll records