Obamacare and You: If You Have Medicare…
This short explainer highlights some of the key information for people with Medicare about how Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, may affect them.
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Obamacare and You: If You Have Job-Based Coverage
Fact SheetThis short explainer outlines key changes for people with employer-based health benefits under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare.
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Medicaid Expansion through Premium Assistance: Key Issues for Beneficiaries in Arkansas’ Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver Proposal
Issue BriefThis issue brief provides background about Medicaid premium assistance in the individual health insurance market, summarizes major components of Arkansas’ Section 1115 demonstration waiver application to implement the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion through premium assistance, and considers key issues affecting beneficiaries.
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Standard Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit, 2013
FeatureStandard Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit, 2013 Download Source Kaiser Family Foundation illustration based on CMS standard benefit parameter update for 2013. Amounts rounded to nearest dollar.
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Testimony: Rethinking Medicare’s Benefit Design: Opportunities and Challenges
Issue BriefFoundation Senior Vice President Tricia Neuman testified June 26, 2013 before the House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Health about Medicare’s benefit design, and the implications of possible changes for beneficiaries, other stakeholders, and program spending.
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An Analysis of the Share of Medicare Beneficiaries Who Would Benefit from an Annual Out-of-Pocket Maximum under Traditional Medicare Over Multiple Years
Issue BriefThis analysis examines the share of Medicare beneficiaries who would be helped over time if the program were to add a limit on out-of-pocket spending to traditional Medicare. This analysis was conducted jointly with the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) in response to a request made during a Feb. 26, 2013 hearing of the House Ways and Means' Subcommittee on Health.
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The Future of Medicare Advantage: Are We on the Right Path?
Event Date:EventThis June 10 briefing looked at Medicare Advantage and changes affecting it, including revised calculations of payments from CMS, and the Affordable Care Act's reduced payments to Medicare Advantage plans. Speakers discussed how Medicare Advantage plans are expected to respond to payment changes; if quality bonus payments created significant changes in patient care or plan choices; and what implications could these decisions have on beneficiaries with regard to premiums, benefits and more.
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Medicaid’s Benefits Reflect the Needs of the Population It Serves
FeatureMedicaid’s Benefits Reflect the Needs of the Population It Serves Download Source
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Coverage of Low-Income Adults by Scope of Coverage, January 2013
FeatureCoverage of Low-Income Adults by Scope of Coverage, January 2013 Download Source Based on the results of a national survey conducted by the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured and the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families, 2013
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Medicaid: A Primer – Key Information on the Nation’s Health Coverage Program for Low-Income People
Issue BriefThis Medicaid primer provides an overview of the nation's largest health coverage program, which covers more than 62 million low-income individuals, including children and families, people with disabilities and seniors who are also covered by Medicare. Medicaid also is the dominant source of the country’s long-term care financing. The program will expand significantly under the Affordable Care Act in 2014.