Given the Current Structure of Health-Care Finance, Which of the Following

Multiple Choice

Given the current structure of health-care finance, which of the following is most likely to occur when the baby boom generation begins to retire and the elderly population increases rapidly during the years following 2010?

A) The demand for health-care services will decrease.
B) The prices of health-care services will grow less rapidly than has been the case during the last three decades.
C) The real (adjusted for inflation) expenditures on Medicare and the taxes to finance the program will tend to decline.
D) The health-care inflation and spending growth of recent decades will continue or even accelerate.