Medicare and the federal budget: Misdiagnosed problems, inadequate solutions

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 928-934

  Marmor, Theodore ^a   Oberlander, Jonathan ^a   White, Joseph ^a  

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EID: 80052282412     PISSN: 02768739     EISSN: 15206688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pam.20606     Document Type: Article

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