If current spending trends continue, Medicare will be insolventby 2028, according to the Medicare Trustees Report releasedWednesday.

By the end of this decade, both Medicare and Social Securitywill be doling out more in benefits than they receive in taxes.

The new report projects that Medicare will run out of money twoyears sooner than last year's report projected. The morepessimistic estimate is a result of changes in anticipatedincomes.

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