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Medicare in Health Reform
The Foundation has prepared a summary of the Medicare provisions in the 2010 health reform law, as well as briefs examining provisions closing the Medicare drug benefit’s coverage gap, raising premiums for high-income beneficiaries, affecting the Medicare Advantage program and establishing an independent Medicare payment board.

Report and Video Profile Medicare Family Budgets and Health Care Spending
These materials highlight the challenges Medicare beneficiaries face in paying for their health care and other living expenses on a fixed budget. A webcast of the June 28 briefing on Medicare and the debt-reduction debate is also available.

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Medicare Quiz -- February 2012
How much do you know about Medicare, the people it serves, the benefits it covers, and its financial status? Take this interactive quiz to find out.

Medicare at a Glance - Fact Sheet -- November 2011
This fact sheet provides a basic overview of the Medicare program, including how it is financed, who is eligible and what benefits are covered under the program. In addition, it describes supplemental health insurance, benefits provided by the new drug law and data on Medicare expenditures and financing.

Resources on Deficit-Reduction Plans -- November 2011
This resource page features comparisons of the Medicare and Medicaid elements of major deficit-reduction plans, analyses of specific savings proposals, and relevant explanatory briefs.

Restructuring Medicare’s Benefit Design: Implications for Beneficiaries and Spending -- November 2011
The study projects how revamping Medicare's cost-sharing requirements to reduce federal spending could affect Medicare beneficiaries and the federal budget.

Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plan Availability in 2012 -- October 2011
This fact sheet contains 2012 state-specific summary data about available Medicare drug benefit options.

Medicare 2011 Part D Data Spotlight: Analysis of Medicare Prescription Drug Plans in 2011 and Key Trends Since 2006 -- September 2011
This report presents findings from an analysis of the Medicare Part D marketplace in 2011 and changes in drug coverage and costs since 2006.

Understanding The Effects of The Medicare Part D Coverage Gap in 2008 and 2009 -- September 2011
This report analyzes actual drug claims to assess how Medicare beneficiaries are affected by the drug benefit's coverage gap, or "doughnut hole," before the 2010 health reform law began to close the gap.

Medicare Spending and Financing Fact Sheet -- August 2011
This updated fact sheet provides an overview of spending on the Medicare program and how the program is financed. It includes the latest available data on Medicare financing and incorporates reductions in the rate of growth of Medicare spending attributable to the 2010 health reform law, including an updated estimate showing the law will extend the solvency of the Medicare Part A Hospital Insurance Trust Fund until 2029.

Medigap Reforms: Potential Effects of Benefit Restrictions on Medicare Spending and Beneficiary Costs -- July 2011
This analysis commissioned by the Foundation examines the potential effects of three Medigap reform options, which would prohibit these supplemental insurance plans from covering all of enrollee’s out-of-pocket Medicare costs.

Raising the Age of Medicare Eligibility: A Fresh Look Following Implementation of Health Reform -- July 2011
This report analyzes the expected impact of raising Medicare's eligibility age to 67 on the federal budget, seniors, employers and others in light of health reform. It is the first in a series examining the potential impact of Medicare changes.

How much do you know about Medicare, the people it serves, the benefits it covers, and its financial status? Take this interactive quiz to find out.

This fact sheet provides a basic overview of the Medicare program, including how it is financed, who is eligible and what benefits are covered under the program. In addition, it describes supplemental health insurance, benefits provided by the new drug law and data on Medicare expenditures and financing.

This resource page features comparisons of the Medicare and Medicaid elements of major deficit-reduction plans, analyses of specific savings proposals, and relevant explanatory briefs.

The study projects how revamping Medicare's cost-sharing requirements to reduce federal spending could affect Medicare beneficiaries and the federal budget.

This fact sheet contains 2012 state-specific summary data about available Medicare drug benefit options.

This report presents findings from an analysis of the Medicare Part D marketplace in 2011 and changes in drug coverage and costs since 2006.

This report analyzes actual drug claims to assess how Medicare beneficiaries are affected by the drug benefit's coverage gap, or "doughnut hole," before the 2010 health reform law began to close the gap.

This updated fact sheet provides an overview of spending on the Medicare program and how the program is financed. It includes the latest available data on Medicare financing and incorporates reductions in the rate of growth of Medicare spending attributable to the 2010 health reform law, including an updated estimate showing the law will extend the solvency of the Medicare Part A Hospital Insurance Trust Fund until 2029.

This analysis commissioned by the Foundation examines the potential effects of three Medigap reform options, which would prohibit these supplemental insurance plans from covering all of enrollee’s out-of-pocket Medicare costs.

This report analyzes the expected impact of raising Medicare's eligibility age to 67 on the federal budget, seniors, employers and others in light of health reform. It is the first in a series examining the potential impact of Medicare changes.

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Medicare: People on Medicare

Medicare covers a population with diverse needs and circumstances. While many beneficiaries enjoy good health, a quarter or more have serious health problems and live with multiple chronic conditions, including cognitive and functional impairments. Most people with Medicare live on modest incomes. Today, 43% of all Medicare beneficiaries are between 65 and 74 years old and 12% are 85 or older. Those who are 85 or older are the fastest-growing age group among elderly Medicare beneficiaries. With the aging and growth of the population, the number of Medicare beneficiaries more than doubled between 1966 and 2000 and is projected to grow from 45 million today to 79 million in 2030.