claim: "medicare costs have slowed down dramatically. in fact, the first two months of this fiscal year, medicare costs were down even in nominal terms relative to the previous year."
author: peter orszag
evidence_1: "medicare costs have slowed down dramatically. in fact, the first two months of  this fiscal year, medicare costs were down even in nominal terms relative to the  previous year." — politifact punditfact on wednesday, december 18th, 2013.  true.
evidence_2: "medicare costs have slowed down dramatically. in fact, the first two months of  this fiscal year, medicare costs were down even in nominal terms relative to the  previous year." — punditfact on wednesday, december ... obama budget chief  peter orszag claimed earmarks are down 75 percent. he's way off. see them all  →.
evidence_3: apr 9, 2018 ... in cbo's projections, the economy grows relatively quickly this year and next ...  the federal budget deficit grows substantially over the next few years. ... gdp both  this year and next, pushing the unemployment rate down. ... its economic  projections, are even more uncertain than usual this year, .... medicare ...
evidence_4: costs for each of the programs have risen dramatically over time: in nominal  dollars, ... since 1990 the total cost of disability has risen 93 percent in real terms  (160 ... after a period of stability (in terms of the number of beneficiaries relative to  the .... the cost of medicare benefits, which are provided to disabled social  security ...
evidence_5: the implementation of the prospective payment system (pps) has produced  major ... financial incentive was the same in either case to eliminate the added  cost. .... studies of expenditures in hospitals during the first year or two of pps  found ..... this set of facts may be less related to the payment effects of pps and  more ...