Editing Medicare (United States) (section)

===Indicators===
Several measures serve as indicators of the long-term financial status of Medicare. These include total Medicare spending as a share of [[gross domestic product]] (GDP), the solvency of the Medicare HI trust fund, Medicare per-capita spending growth relative to [[inflation]] and per-capita GDP growth; general fund revenue as a share of total Medicare spending; and actuarial estimates of unfunded liability over the 75-year timeframe and the infinite horizon (netting expected premium/tax revenue against expected costs). The major issue these indicators is comparing any future projections against current law vs. what actuaries expect to happen. For example, current law specifies that Part A payments to hospitals and skilled nursing facilities will be cut substantially after 2028 and that doctors will get no raises after 2025. Actuaries expect that the law will change to keep these events from happening.