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The headlines from the 2023 Medicare Trustees Re­port were that the Hospital Insurance (HI) program faces a long-term deficit and will deplete its trust fund reserves in 2031 and that the rest o...

https://crr.bc.edu/medicare-finances-a-2023-update/

In Canada, as in the United States, a large share of COVID deaths during the first wave occurred in nursing homes.See Ontario Ministry of Health (2022a) for Ontario and Institut National de Sant�...

https://crr.bc.edu/will-older-individuals-avoid-nursing-homes-after-the-pandemic/

Introduction One source of financial risk that older Americans face is high health care expenses. Although the largest share of these expenses is due to predictable insurance premiums, retirees c...

https://crr.bc.edu/how-much-do-retirees-spend-on-uncertain-health-costs/

President Biden, in his State of the Union speech, proposed giving Medicare the ability to negotiate lower prices for prescription drugs.  I’m assuming the President means not only over-the-co...

https://crr.bc.edu/as-the-president-proposed-medicare-needs-the-ability-to-negotiate-drug-prices/

It’s always worth taking a look at the finances of Medicare, given its contribution to the health and well-being of older Americans and its dependence on the payroll tax – the key source of r...

https://crr.bc.edu/medicares-finances-and-the-aduhelm-saga-2/

Abstract This paper examines the alignment between self-reported and administrative records of applications to and receipt of federal disability benefits. It uses data from the Health and Retirem...

https://crr.bc.edu/the-alignment-between-self-reported-and-administrative-measures-of-application-to-and-receipt-of-federal-disability-benefits-in-the-health-and-retirement-study/

Abstract We show that earnings over the life cycle and health and productivity around retirement age vary with exposure to economic conditions in early life. Using state-year-level variation from...

https://crr.bc.edu/the-influence-of-early-life-economic-shocks-on-aging-outcomes-evidence-from-the-u-s-great-depression/

About one fifth will escape totally, and one quarter will require extensive care. My colleagues and I just completed the first of a three-part series of briefs on the need for long-term care and ...

https://crr.bc.edu/what-long-term-services-and-supports-do-retirees-need/

Abstract In 2019, the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) dipped to 1.71 children per woman, an all-time low and far below the replacement rate of 2.10 children.  Current levels of low fertility have imp...

https://crr.bc.edu/will-women-catch-up-to-their-fertility-expectations/

I was curious about whether we were overcounting or undercounting the number of deaths from COVID-19.  At an early news conference, Deborah Birx, MD – the response coordinator for the White Ho...

https://crr.bc.edu/are-we-undercounting-or-overcounting-covid-19-deaths/

One wonderful thing about my job – and there are many wonderful things – is that people are willing to spend the time to educate me and my colleagues about products not currently on our radar...

https://crr.bc.edu/hsas-crazy-bad-tax-policy/

In a new study, my colleagues and I tried to figure out how valuable the Medicare Part D program was to individuals – basically whether they should consider it a big deal or a little deal as th...

https://crr.bc.edu/how-valuable-is-medicare-part-d-prescription-drug-insurance/