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<blockquote data-quote="Lotta Booze" data-source="post: 573177" data-attributes="member: 4471"><p>From the same study, along with increased costs here are some other factors that affected the earlier depletion date:</p><p><a href="https://www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/the-facts-on-medicare-spending-and-financing/" target="_blank">https://www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/the-facts-on-medicare-spending-and-financing/</a></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">lower-than-expected revenues from payroll taxes in 2017 due to lowered wages and lower levels of projected GDP;</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">lower revenue projections from taxation of Social Security benefits (which provided 8 percent of Part A revenues in 2017) as a result of the tax cut legislation enacted in December 2017;</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">higher-than-expected spending for Part A benefits in 2017;</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">higher Medicare Advantage payments due to higher risk scores for Medicare Advantage enrollees;</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">higher spending projections due repeal of the ACA’s individual mandate, which is expected to increase the number of people without health insurance, which will result in an increase in Medicare’s disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments for uninsured patients; and</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">higher spending projections due to repeal of the <a href="https://www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/faqs-whats-the-latest-on-ipab/" target="_blank">Independent Payment Advisory Board</a>, which would have helped to control Medicare spending if the growth rate exceeded certain target levels.</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lotta Booze, post: 573177, member: 4471"] From the same study, along with increased costs here are some other factors that affected the earlier depletion date: [URL]https://www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/the-facts-on-medicare-spending-and-financing/[/URL] [LIST] [*]lower-than-expected revenues from payroll taxes in 2017 due to lowered wages and lower levels of projected GDP; [*]lower revenue projections from taxation of Social Security benefits (which provided 8 percent of Part A revenues in 2017) as a result of the tax cut legislation enacted in December 2017; [*]higher-than-expected spending for Part A benefits in 2017; [*]higher Medicare Advantage payments due to higher risk scores for Medicare Advantage enrollees; [*]higher spending projections due repeal of the ACA’s individual mandate, which is expected to increase the number of people without health insurance, which will result in an increase in Medicare’s disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments for uninsured patients; and [*]higher spending projections due to repeal of the [URL='https://www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/faqs-whats-the-latest-on-ipab/']Independent Payment Advisory Board[/URL], which would have helped to control Medicare spending if the growth rate exceeded certain target levels. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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