Technical Appendix

Firstly, as is done in the social security trustees report intermediate scenario, we assume a long term real increase in wages (earnings) of 1.1% per year. As is done by The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, we assume excess real growth in medical costs (that is additional cost growth to GDP growth), as 1.5% in 2004, reducing linearly ... ................
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