Medicare
Medicare Advantage Spotlight: First Look
In addition, the typical beneficiary has a choice of 24 Medicare Part D stand-alone prescription drug plans for 2023, one more than in 2022.
These findings are featured in two new analyses that provide an overview of the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D marketplace for 2023.
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FAQs on Medicare Financing and Trust Fund Solvency
Medicare’s Hospital Insurance trust fund is projected to be depleted in 2028, two years later than last year’s projection due to stronger than expected economic growth.
Our updated FAQs answer key questions about Medicare financing and trust fund solvency..Extra Benefits Offered by Medicare Advantage Firms Vary
Across the seven largest firms in the Medicare Advantage market, there is near universal enrollment in plans that offer vision, hearing, fitness, and dental benefits. There is more variation across firms for remote access technologies, meals, acupuncture and transportation benefits. It is uncommon for plans to offer in-home support, bathroom safety, Part B premium rebates, telemonitoring or caregiver support.FAQs on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Coverage in Medicare
Medicare covers a range of mental health and substance use disorder services, both inpatient and outpatient, and outpatient Rx drugs for these conditions. Our FAQs review Medicare coverage and out-of-pocket costs, and policy proposals in these areas.
Most Office-Based Physicians Accept New Patients, Including Patients With Medicare and Private Insurance
Avaliable data show that the vast majority of non-pediatric office-based physicians accept new Medicare patients, as well as new private insurance patients.
Medicare Advantage Coverage is Rising for the Declining Share of Medicare Beneficiaries with Retiree Health Benefits
This approach may help retirees if it enables employers to maintain or even broaden retiree health benefits. But it also has the potential to restrict retirees’ access to doctors and hospitals for Medicare-covered services, and subject retirees to utilization management tools such as prior authorization that may limit access to services.
Deaths Among Older Adults Due to COVID-19 Jumped During the Summer of 2022 Before Falling Somewhat in September
The recent rise in deaths is mostly a function of increasing cases due to the more contagious Omicron variant. Other factors include relatively low booster uptake and waning vaccine immunity, underscoring the importance of staying up to date on vaccination, especially for older adults.
Explaining the Prescription Drug Provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
They include requiring the HHS Secretary to negotiate prices for some top-selling drugs covered in Medicare, requiring drug companies to pay rebates if prices rise faster than inflation for drugs used by Medicare beneficiaries and capping out-of-pocket drug spending in Medicare Part D.
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The Facts About Medicare Spending
This interactive provides the facts on Medicare spending. Medicare, which serves 65 million people and accounts for 12 percent of the federal budget and 20 percent of national health spending, is at the heart of discussions about health expenditures and affordability.
Explore data on enrollment growth, Medicare spending trends overall and per person, growth in Medicare spending relative to private insurance, spending on benefits and Medicare Advantage, Part A trust fund solvency challenges, and growth in out-of-pocket spending by beneficiaries.
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