Klees B, Warfield C
Soc Secur Bull. 1987 Jun;50(6):11-20.
This article is adapted from the 1987 Annual Reports of the Medicare Board of Trustees. It presents a summary of the current financial and actuarial status of the Hospital Insurance (HI) and Supplementary Medical Insurance (SMI) Trust Funds. The Board found that the present financing schedule for the HI program is sufficient to ensure the payment of benefits over the next 12-14 years if the intermediate (II-A and II-B) assumptions underlying the estimates are realized. Although steps have been undertaken to reduce the rate of growth in payments to hospitals, the Board urges Congress to take remedial measures to bring future HI program costs and financing into balance. The Board found the SMI program to be actuarially sound but recommends that Congress take action to curtail the rapid growth in that part of Medicare.
本文改编自医疗保险受托人委员会1987年年度报告。它概述了医疗保险（HI）和补充医疗保险（SMI）信托基金当前的财务和精算状况。委员会发现，如果实现估计所依据的中间（II - A和II - B）假设，HI计划目前的融资计划足以确保在未来12至14年内支付福利。尽管已采取措施降低向医院支付费用的增长率，但委员会敦促国会采取补救措施，使未来HI计划的成本和融资实现平衡。委员会发现SMI计划在精算上是健全的，但建议国会采取行动遏制医疗保险该部分的快速增长。
