The Medicare pay-as-you-go system is jeopardized by
a. an overly generous fee schedule that pays physicians more than private insurance for most procedures.
b. the changing demographics of the U.S. population with an increasing percentage over the age of 65
c. a reliance on the premiums paid by the elderly themselves to fund a majority of the total cost of the system.
d. allowing physicians to balance bill their patients.
e. the rising costs of long-term care.
B
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