Merrill, I also thought that the NYT article missed the mark on Medicare. If they age-adjusted the Medicare demographic cohort each year, it's likely that the flood of younger, healthier Baby Boomers whose lower per capita costs along with Covid’s killing off high-spend elderly contributed to the flatlining.
It's still the prices, stupid
I read just this week - -forget where -- that self-funding among large employers is down.
Merrill, I also thought that the NYT article missed the mark on Medicare. If they age-adjusted the Medicare demographic cohort each year, it's likely that the flood of younger, healthier Baby Boomers whose lower per capita costs along with Covid’s killing off high-spend elderly contributed to the flatlining.