The Role of Medicare and Beneficiaries in the Deficit-Reduction Debate
This Kaiser Family Foundation briefing examined how Medicare reform options now under consideration might work and their implications for beneficiaries and taxpayers.
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Summary of Medicare Provisions in the President’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2015
Issue BriefOn March 4, 2014, the Office of Management and Budget released President Obama’s budget for fiscal year (FY) 2015, which includes provisions related to federal spending and revenues, including Medicare savings. The President’s budget would use federal savings and revenues to reduce the federal debt and replace sequestration of Medicare and other federal programs for 2015 through 2024. This brief summarizes the Medicare provisions included in the President’s budget proposal for FY 2015.
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Inside Deficit Reduction: What it Means for Health Care
Event Date:EventAfter much heated debate on the U.S. debt limit, the Budget Control Act of 2011 was passed on August 2, 2011, containing more than $900 billion in federal spending reductions over 10 years. The law also established the 12-person “super committee” charged with finding more than $1 trillion in additional savings.
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Kaiser Health Tracking Poll — July 2011
FeatureHealth care, and particularly Medicare and Medicaid, continue to play a role in the national discussion over the federal budget deficit.
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Medicare Chart Book 2005
Other PostThis updated resource features more than 80 charts and tables with detailed information about the Medicare program and the 42 million seniors and younger people with disabilities who rely on the program for health insurance coverage. It covers a wide range of relevant data, including state-by-state information when available.
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Explaining Health Care Reform: What is Comparative Effectiveness Research?
Issue BriefThe brief examines current funding for comparative effectiveness research, the provisions included in the current health reform legislation, and issues related to which treatments that might be studied, whether and how to weigh costs of care, and how such findings will be used and shared with health-care practitioners and the public.
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Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: August 2012
FeatureThis poll, conducted as the GOP prepares for its national convention, finds that the Affordable Care Act is not the top health care priority among Republicans.
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Raising Medicare Premiums for Higher-Income Beneficiaries: Assessing the Implications
Issue BriefAs policymakers consider ways to slow the growth in Medicare spending as part of broader efforts to reduce the federal debt or offset the cost of other spending priorities, some have proposed to increase beneficiary contributions through higher Medicare premiums. This issue brief explains provisions of current law that impose income-related premiums under Medicare Part B and Part D, describes recent proposals to modify these requirements, and analyzes the potential implications for the Medicare population.
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Explaining Health Reform: Medicare and the New Independent Payment Advisory Board
Issue BriefThis brief describes how the new board created under the 2010 health reform law is expected to limit the growth in Medicare spending over time.
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Role of Government Survey
Poll FindingThe Foundation, as part of The Washington Post/Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard University partnership series, conducted a poll to examine the public's views on the government and its role. The Role of Government Survey is the 20th in a series of surveys dating back to 1995 that have been conducted as part of this partnership project.