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Issues for Medicare Beneficiaries in Long-Term Care Facilities: An Analysis of the MMA and Proposed Regulations
Issue BriefThis paper, by Vicki Gottlich, J.D., of the Center for Medicare Advocacy, looks at issues related to the new Medicare prescription drug benefit for people with Medicare who live in nursing homes or other long-term-care settings.
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Views of the New Medicare Drug Law – Chartpack on People with Disabilities
ReportThis comprehensive survey of people on Medicare, conducted in June and July 2004, assesses their attitudes toward the new Medicare drug law. This chartpack, issued in September 2004, presents additional analysis on the survey data, focusing on the views of people under age 65 with physical and/or mental disabilities. Supplemental Chartpack (.
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Navigating Medicare and Medicaid, 2005: A Resource Guide for People with Disabilities, Their Families, and Their Advocates
ReportThis guide explains the critical role Medicare and Medicaid have come to play in the lives and the futures of roughly 20 million children, adults, and seniors with disabilities - and gives people with disabilities new information to help them get the most from these programs. Full PDF Report (.
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Individuals with Special Needs and Health Reform: Adequacy of Health Insurance Coverage
Issue BriefThis issue brief examines the health care needs and health costs of individuals with special health challenges, focusing on those with low-to-moderate incomes.
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The Sleeper in Health Reform: Long-Term Care and the CLASS Act
Event Date:EventThe Kaiser Family Foundation briefing examines a little-noticed but major provision in two leading health reform bills that would change the way that the U.S. pays for long-term care.
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Medicare Chartbook, 2010
ReportThis chartbook provides the most recent and reliable data available about the Medicare program and the 47 million seniors and younger people with disabilities who get health insurance coverage through the program.
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An Overview of Recent Section 1115 Medicaid Demonstration Waiver Activity
Issue BriefThis brief summarizes and examines the implications of recent Section 1115 Medicaid waiver activity. Section 1115 waivers provide states flexibility to test new approaches in Medicaid that differ from federal program rules and can have significant impacts for beneficiaries, providers, and states.
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Emerging Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations: The Role of Managed Care
Issue BriefThis brief examines efforts by a number of states to set up Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) within their Medicaid programs.
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Premiums and Cost-Sharing in Medicaid: A Review of Research Findings
Issue BriefMedicaid covers nearly 60 million Americans. Because the population covered by the program is low-income, federal law limits the extent to which states can charge premiums and cost-sharing amounts, particularly for pregnant women, children and adults with incomes below poverty.