The Medicare Pay-As-You-Go System Is Jeopardized by

question 5

Multiple Choice

The Medicare pay-as-you-go system is jeopardized by

• A) an overly generous fee schedule that pays physicians more than private insurance for most procedures.
• B) the changing demographics of the U.S. population with an increasing percentage over the age of 65.
• C) a reliance on the premiums paid by the elderly themselves to fund a majority of the total cost of the system.
• D) allowing physicians to balance bill their patients.
• E) the rising costs of long-term care.