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Medicare and End-of-Life Care in California
This infographic provides a snapshot of Medicare and end-of-life care in California.
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Visualizing Health Policy: Medicare and End-of-Life Care
This Visualizing Health Policy infographic, produced in partnership with the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), provides a snapshot of Medicare and end-of-life care.
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Medicare Quiz
Take this quiz to find out how much you know about Medicare, the people it serves, the benefits it covers, and its financial status.
Quiz Read More10 Essential Facts About Medicare and Prescription Drug Spending
Prescription drugs play an important role in medical care for 57 million seniors and people with disabilities, and account for $1 out of every $6 in Medicare spending. This series of charts presents and explains basic facts about prescription drug spending specifically within the context of Medicare. These 10 charts include information on current and projected Medicare prescription drug spending, out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for beneficiaries, the effects of the closing Part D “doughnut hole” and introduction of costly specialty drugs on beneficiary costs, and public opinion on prescription drug-related policy options.
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Visualizing Health Policy: Recent Trends in Prescription Drug Costs
This Visualizing Health Policy infographic with JAMA spotlights national spending on prescription drugs and the public’s views on pharmaceutical prices.
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Geographic Variation in U.S. Medicare Per Capita Spending and Spending Growth Rates by County, 2007-2013
This interactive map displays three measures of county-level Medicare per capita spending: Unadjusted Medicare spending per beneficiary in 2013; Medicare spending per beneficiary adjusted for prices and health status in 2013; and Medicare per beneficiary spending growth rates for 2007-2013.
Interactive Read MoreLong-Term Care in the United States: A Timeline
Long-term care (LTC) in the United States has evolved over the course of the last century to better serve the needs of seniors and person with disabilities. This long-term care timeline outlines the major milestones in LTC from the nursing home era, which created an institutional bias in LTC, to the era of home and community based services (HCBS) and integration, and into the era of health reform and beyond.
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Visualizing Health Policy: Medicaid and Medicare at 50: Trends and Challenges
These Visualizing Health Policy infographics commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Medicaid and Medicare programs. This infographic provides details about the reach and demographics of the programs, as well as the Federal and total US health-care spending associated with them. This infographic illustrates trends and challenges going forward. Together, Medicaid and Medicare provide…
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Comparing Poverty Rates under the Official Census Poverty Measure and the Supplemental Poverty Measure
This interactive graphic illustrates how poverty rates among seniors in each of the 50 states change under two different Census Bureau measures of poverty: the official poverty measure and an alternative supplemental poverty measure, which takes into account health care and housing costs among other factors.
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Medicare and Medicaid at 50
With Medicare and Medicaid turning 50 this year, this updated video provides a brief history of both programs, including: an examination of the health care, social and political landscape that gave rise to them, the significant ways each program has evolved over five decades, and the important roles they play in the U.S. health care system. The video includes archival footage, as well as commentary and perspective from policymakers, government officials and experts.
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