anchor: Ira Magaziner told a press briefing that slowing the rate of growth actually benefits beneficiaries considerably because it slows the rate of growth of the premiums they have to pay.
positive: Slowing the rate of growth helps beneficiaries because it slows the rate of growth of the premiums they need to pay.
negative: Slowing rate of growth hurts beneficiaries because it speeds up the rate of shrinkage of the premiums they have to pay.