In this paper, we examine the effects of likely demographic changes on medical spending for the elderly. Standard forecasts highlight the potential for greater life expectancy to increase costs: medical costs generally increase with age, and greater life expectancy means that more of the elderly...

Follette and Sheiner focus on the determinants of the historical and prospective growth in health care spending in the United States. Income and aging had a large role in the past, and the rise in health insurance coverage had a dramatic effect on spending for health care of the elderly. The...

In this paper, we examine the effects of likely demographic changes on medical spending for the elderly. Standard forecasts highlight the potential for greater life expectancy to increase costs: medical costs generally increase with age, and greater life expectancy means that more of the elderly...