Distribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Income Level, 2012
Distribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Income Level, 2012 Download Source Urban Institute analysis of DYNASIM for the Kaiser Family Foundation.
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Median Income Among Medicare Beneficiaries, Overall and by Race/Ethnicity, Age, and Gender, 2012
FeatureMedian Income Among Medicare Beneficiaries, Overall and by Race/Ethnicity, Age, and Gender, 2012 Download Source Urban Institute analysis of DYNASIM for the Kaiser Family Foundation.
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Medicaid Financial Eligibility: Primary Pathways for the Elderly and People with Disabilities
Issue BriefThis issue brief details the various eligibility pathways by which individuals with disabilities and the elderly can qualify for Medicaid coverage. The program, which serves as a safety net for many of the nation’s poorest and sickest individuals, provides health coverage to nearly 60 million Americans, including 8.5 million with disabilities and 8.
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Projecting Income and Assets: What Might the Future Hold for the Next Generation of Medicare Beneficiaries?
ReportAs national attention turns to the federal deficit, some policymakers have proposed reforms to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security that could have significant implications for current and future generations of seniors and younger adults with disabilities.
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The Medicaid Medically Needy Program: Spending and Enrollment Update
Issue BriefThis brief examines Medicaid's medically needy program, which gives states the option to extend Medicaid eligibility to those with high medical expenses whose income exceeds the maximum threshold, but who would otherwise qualify.
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Medicare’s Income-Related Premiums: A Data Note
Issue BriefThis data note presents new information to help set a context for understanding the implications of recent changes to Medicare's income-related premiums incorporated in the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA), a new law to repeal and replace Medicare's Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula for physician payments. It describes current requirements with respect to the income-related premiums under Medicare Part B and Part D, including the number and share of Medicare beneficiaries who are estimated to pay income-related premiums and revenues raised from the income-related premium, based on data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of the Actuary (OACT). It also explains the recently enacted changes in MACRA that will affect some higher-income people on Medicare who are already paying income-related premiums, beginning in 2018.
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A Gender Gap in Economic Security for Seniors
News ReleaseFollowing up on an earlier column for The Wall Street Journal's Think Tank on seniors and poverty, Drew Altman looks at why older women will be more at risk of economic insecurity than men in the future. All previous columns by Drew Altman are available.
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Medicare’s Income-Related Premiums Will Rise for Some Higher-Income Beneficiaries Beginning in 2018
News ReleaseSome higher-income Medicare beneficiaries will have to pay more in Part B and Part D premiums starting in 2018, due to a provision in the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, a recently passed law to change how Medicare pays physicians.
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“Healthification”: The Good and Bad of Making Everything a Health Issue
From Drew AltmanIn his new column, KFF President and CEO Drew Altman discusses the pros and cons of labeling socio-economic problems as health issues.
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Many Older Women on Medicare are Impoverished
FeatureSource Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey Access to Care file, 2006…