{"id":16265,"date":"2020-06-17T11:45:48","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T15:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=16265"},"modified":"2020-06-17T11:45:48","modified_gmt":"2020-06-17T15:45:48","slug":"medicares-trust-fund-is-in-trouble-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=16265","title":{"rendered":"Medicare&#8217;s Trust Fund is in trouble too"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We always hear that Social Security is in trouble, which is true, but do you know Medicare is strained too? The Medicare (Hospital Insurance or HI) trust fund could run out even sooner than Social Security\u2019s trust fund. The Medicare Trustee\u2019s report is warning that Medicare Part A (HI) is in danger of becoming insolvent in 2026 but the report was prepared before the COVID-19 pandemic, so things could actually be worse.\u00a0 If the trust fund becomes insolvent, payroll tax income will continue to come in to support about 89 percent of Medicare Part A\u2019s expenses.\u00a0 In Christy Bieber\u2019s article for the Motley Fool, she suggests some possible fixes but warns that they would be painful.\u00a0 Read Ms. Bieber\u2019s article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/retirement\/2020\/06\/17\/social-security-isnt-the-only-program-in-doubt-med.aspx\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dreamstime_s_56786036-\u00a9-Alexmillos-Dreamstime_com_-700x452.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8431\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dreamstime_s_56786036-\u00a9-Alexmillos-Dreamstime_com_-700x452-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dreamstime_s_56786036-\u00a9-Alexmillos-Dreamstime_com_-700x452-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dreamstime_s_56786036-\u00a9-Alexmillos-Dreamstime_com_-700x452.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice:<\/strong> The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We always hear that Social Security is in trouble, which is true, but do you know Medicare is strained too?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-finance","category-medicare-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16265"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16266,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16265\/revisions\/16266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}