Why will Medicare costs rise over the next two decades even if cost control efforts prevent an increase in the average cost per Medicare beneficiary per year?
What will be an ideal response?
The aging baby boomer population will markedly increase the number of Medicare beneficiaries. Americans are living longer. The rate of increase of new beneficiaries is higher than the death rate, so the net number of Medicare beneficiaries will continue to rise (unless the age of eligibility is raised).
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Combining traditional Christian religious beliefs with the dominant forms of sports sometimes creates challenges for athletes because Christianity emphasizes
A. humility and service, whereas sports emphasize personal success. B. training the body, whereas sports emphasize sacrificing the body. C. aggression, whereas sports emphasize following rules. D. that bodies are strong, whereas sports emphasize that bodies are weak.
Data on sport participation patterns among African Americans indicates that they
A. have not experienced racial segregation in sports since the Civil War. B. make up nearly eighty percent of all professional athletes in the U.S. C. have always received better media press coverage than white athletes. D. remain underrepresented in most pro and amateur sports.
All payers require an alphanumeric insurance carrier code listed prior to the name of the insurance company for hard-copy claims.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)