means testing

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Well, the truly rich would prefer means-testing, since they would end up sacrificing no more than the merely well-off.
這樣，真正富有的人喜歡生活福利調查，因爲最終他們犧牲的僅僅是小的福利。
Specifically, according to many reports, the president offered both means-testing of Medicare benefits and a rise in the age of Medicare eligibility.
尤其是根據(jù)許多報道，縂統(tǒng)提出了“老年毉?！备＠顮顩r調查與提高享受“老年毉?！钡哪挲g兩項措施。
For instance, he wants to introduce some means-testing to the recent prescription-drug benefit and broaden the means-testing that already exists in the rest of Medicare.
比如說，他準備針對最近的処方葯福利作些收入調查，擴大毉療保險其他領域的同類調查範圍。

The GOP has also signaled support for raising the Medicare eligibility age to 67 and means-testing Medicare benefits.
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But the government's overall approach is focused more on means-testing, rather than on checking people's ability to work.
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Again, the more transparent and modern the state is, the easier it will be to talk about means-testing currently universal benefits.
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the official process of measuring how much income a person has in order to decide if they should receive money from the government