Happy 45th birthday, Medicare
Only 20 more years til you're eligible for yourself!
By
Ezra Klein
|
July 30, 2010; 11:53 AM ET
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Posted by: staticvars | July 30, 2010 12:46 PM | Report abuse
If it's disabled it's eligible for itself already!!
huzzah!! health policy jokes!!
Posted by: ThomasEN | July 30, 2010 12:49 PM | Report abuse
ya at 45 I noticed she's been packing on some pounds. Kind of obese if you ask me. Maybe she needs a better dietician.
Posted by: visionbrkr | July 30, 2010 1:43 PM | Report abuse
ya at 45 I noticed she's been packing on some pounds. Kind of obese if you ask me. Maybe she needs a better dietitian.
Posted by: visionbrkr | July 30, 2010 1:49 PM | Report abuse
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Let x be the current Medicare eligibility age. Let y be the current age of Medicare. Let z be the growth rate of the cost of Medicare minus the growth rate of US GDP. If x were allowed to increase at a rate of z every year:
x(in year n) = x(in year n-1) * (1+z)
When would x = y and would x stabilize over time?
(Can you add LaTex formatting to your comment section? Would make math more readable...)