Burke M
Hospitals. 1990 Mar 5;64(5):33-5.
The recent proposal to to roll back the recent increase in the Social Security payroll tax has some health care executives worried. The Hospital Insurance Trust Fund is closely linked to the Social Security fund, and what affects one will surely affect the other. However, analysts say that the question of whether the trust funds should or should not be part of the federal budget masks a much bigger question. Are the Administration, Congress, and the American public ready to raise taxes to adequately fund Medicare?
最近提出的撤销社会保障工资税近期上调的提议,让一些医疗行业高管感到担忧。医疗保险信托基金与社会保障基金紧密相连,影响其中一个必然会影响另一个。然而,分析人士表示,信托基金是否应纳入联邦预算这一问题背后隐藏着一个大得多的问题。政府、国会和美国公众是否准备好提高税收以充分资助医疗保险?