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With lowering prescription drug costs a top priority for Americans, the Trump Administration, presidential candidates, members of Congress, and several states are proposing to allow the importation of drugs from abroad, chiefly Canada.
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED. This planned March 18 public forum organized by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the National Academy for State Health Policy public forum has been postponed. Additional information will be posted as it becomes available.
Among people with Medicare, Black beneficiaries are more likely to have cost-related problems with their health care than White beneficiaries, finds a new KFF analysis, with the racial disparity persisting among beneficiaries in both traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage plans.
A number of states have taken steps to provide consumers with more affordable coverage options in the individual market, including the marketplaces. Some states are implementing strategies that lower premiums by building on, and increasing the stability of the individual market, while other states are expanding the availability of lower cost coverage sold outside the marketplaces that does not comply with ACA standards—an approach that could increase marketplace premiums further. This brief examines these different approaches and discusses the implications of state policy choices.
Distribution of Traditional Medicare Beneficiaries and Medicare Spending, 2009 Download Source Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of the CMS Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey Cost and Use File, 2009.
Median Out-of-Pocket Health Care Spending As a Percent of Income Among Medicare Beneficiaries, 1997-2006 Download Source Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of CMS Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey Cost and Use files, 1997-2006.
Out-of-Pocket Health Care Spending As a Percent of Income Among Medicare Beneficiaries, By Spending Percentile, 1997-2006 Download Source Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of CMS Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey Cost and Use files, 1997-2006.
Part B and Part D Out-of-Pocket Spending as a Share of Average Social Security Benefit, 1970-2010 Download Source Kaiser Family Foundation analysis based on data from 2012 Annual Report of the Boards of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance and Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds.
Costs are a Barrier to Care and Treatment for Many Women Download Source Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: (May 2012…
Source Kaiser Family Foundation, 2008 Kaiser Women’s Health Survey…
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