The Role of PBMs in Managing Drug Costs: Implications for a Medicare Drug Benefit
Extending a drug benefit to Medicare beneficiaries has been a highly publicized issue in recent months.
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Retiree Health Coverage: Recent Trends and Employer Perspectives on Future Benefits
ReportThe report, based on an analysis of Hewitt Associates' client database, presents new trend data on the prevalence of retiree health coverage sponsored by large employers and finds a continued erosion of retiree health benefits.
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Analysis of Benefits Offered By Medicare HMOs, 1999: Complexities and Implications
ReportThis 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.
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MarketFacts: A Financial Overview of the Managed Care Industry
Other PostA 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).
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Medicare Restructuring: The FEHBP Model A Summary – Report
ReportMedicare 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.
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Medicare Restructuring: The FEHBP Model – Report
ReportMedicare 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.
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Medicare Restructuring: The FEHBP Model A Summary
Other PostMedicare 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.
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Medicare Restructuring: The FEHBP Model
Other PostExecutive 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.
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Medicare Beneficiaries: A Population At Risk – Findings from the Kaiser/Commonwealth 1997 Survey of Medicare Beneficiaries
Other PostMedicare Beneficiaries: A Population at RiskFindings from the Kaiser/Commonwealth Fund 1997 Survey of Medicare Beneficiaries Charts for Medicare Beneficiaries: A Population at Risk Part 2 Cathy Schoen, Patricia Neuman, Michelle Kitchman, Karen Davis, and Diane RowlandDecember 1998 Table Of Contents List of Charts Chart 16 Problems Paying Medical Bills, by Health and Functional Status Chart…
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Medicare Beneficiaries: A Population At Risk – Findings from the Kaiser/Commonwealth 1997 Survey of Medicare Beneficiaries – Report
ReportMedicare Beneficiaries: A Population at RiskFindings from the Kaiser/Commonwealth Fund 1997 Survey of Medicare Beneficiaries Cathy Schoen, Patricia Neuman, Michelle Kitchman, Karen Davis, and Diane RowlandDecember 1998 Table Of ContentsExecutive Summary Findings from the Kaiser/Commonwealth 1997 Survey of Medicare Beneficiaries Medicare Beneficiaries: Health Status and Income Health Insurance Coverage Satisfaction, Access, and Financial Burden: Variations…