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  • Join the Debate: Health Issues in the 2000 Election

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    Developed as part of a nonpartisan public education initiative of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and the League of Women Voters Education Fund, this guide provides basic facts about five key health policy topics candidates are discussing in the 2000 election.

  • Analysis of Benefits Offered By Medicare HMOs, 1999: Complexities and Implications

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    This report analyzes supplemental benefits offered and premiums charged by Medicare HMOs nationwide in 1999, assessing the generosity of selected benefits, including prescription drugs. The study finds that the level of monthly premiums charged by Medicare HMOs, and the generosity of many supplemental benefits, especially prescription drugs, vary widely within and across markets.

  • MarketFacts: A Financial Overview of the Managed Care Industry

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    A Financial Overview of the Managed Care Industry March 1999 Part 2 Recent HMO Activity After 6 years of steady growth, HMO profits declined in 1994, 1995, and 1996; in 1997, nearly 60 percent of HMOs lost money (Weiss Ratings).

  • Medicare Restructuring: The FEHBP Model A Summary – Report

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    Medicare Restructuring: The FEHBP Model Executive Summary As policymakers consider measures to assure the long-range solvency of Medicare, one option that has received increasing attention is a "premium support" system. Under such a system beneficiaries would choose between the original Medicare fee-for-service program and a variety of competing health plans.

  • Medicare Restructuring: The FEHBP Model – Report

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    Medicare Restructuring: The FEHBP Model Executive Summary As policymakers consider measures to assure the long-range solvency of Medicare, one option that has received increasing attention is a "premium support" system. Under such a system beneficiaries would choose between the original Medicare fee-for-service program and a variety of competing health plans.

  • Medicare Restructuring: The FEHBP Model A Summary

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    Medicare Restructuring: The FEHBP Model Executive Summary Part 2 How Well Does FEHBP work? FEHBP has been somewhat more successful than Medicare in controlling costs. However, recent trends indicate that FEHBP's competitive structure alone cannot guarantee cost control over the long term. Until recently, FEHBP experienced slightly lower growth in spending per enrollee than Medicare.