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YEAR OF EXHAUSTION

The first year in which a trust fund is unable to pay benefits when due because the assets of the fund are exhausted.


*NOTE: An asterisk (*) after a term means that this definition, in whole or in part, is used with permission from Walter Feldesman, ESQ., Dictionary of Eldercare Terminology, Copyright 2000.

This glossary explains terms found on the cms.hhs.gov web site, but it is not a legal document.

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Last Modified on Thursday, September 23, 2004