Who Will Pay For My Medical Care When I'm Old and Gray?

June 14, 2006
9:00 - 10:30 am
Urban Institute
2100 M Street N.W., 5th Floor
Washington, D.C.

The first wave of the baby boom generation turns 65 in 2011, old enough to begin drawing on Medicare coverage. Over the decade to follow, tens of millions more will become eligible for the nation's largest public health care program, testing the resiliency and solvency of the four-decade-old system.

The panel reviewed the central themes of Marilyn Moon's new book, Medicare: A Policy Primer (Urban Institute Press). The book stresses that policymakers need to stay focused on beneficiaries, given their modest economic resources, the high costs of health care, and the Medicare population's diversity.