The Latest Trends in Income, Assets, and Personal Health Care Spending Among People on Medicare
This slideshow presents the latest data on income, assets, and personal health care spending among people on Medicare.
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Does Education Narrow the Gap in Wealth Among Older Adults, by Race and Ethnicity?
Issue BriefThis analysis of per capita income and assets among older adults in 2019 shows that differences in median per capita income among White, Black, and Hispanic adults ages 65 and older are narrower when comparing people with similar levels of education, although among college graduates, the gap in income continues to be wide between Hispanic and White seniors. The gaps in savings and home equity remain wide, and are particularly striking among seniors with less than a high school education. The patterns are similar for men and women, as well as across different age groups of older adults.
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Key Issues in Understanding the Economic and Health Security of Current and Future Generations of Seniors
Issue BriefAs part of broad deficit-reduction plans, policymakers are considering reforms to the nation's three major entitlement programs - Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security - that could significantly affect the economic security of seniors in their retirement years.
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10 Key Facts About Women with Medicare
Issue BriefThis brief examines 10 key facts about women with Medicare and presents new statistics on the health, economic and functional status of women with Medicare.
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How Many Older Adults Live in Poverty?
Issue BriefTo provide context for understanding the financial needs and well-being of older adults, this brief analyzes the latest data on poverty rates among the 58 million non-institutionalized adults ages 65 and older in the U.S overall, based on both the official poverty measure and the Supplemental Poverty Measure.
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The Affordable Care Act’s Impact on Medicaid Eligibility, Enrollment, and Benefits for People with Disabilities
Issue BriefMedicaid is an important source of health insurance coverage for people with disabilities. This issue brief explains how Medicaid eligibility and benefits for people with disabilities are affected by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) rules as of 2014. Marketplace rules are discussed to the extent that they relate to Medicaid eligibility determinations for people with disabilities.
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Medicaid Eligibility, Enrollment Simplification, and Coordination under the Affordable Care Act: A Summary of CMS’s March 23, 2012 Final Rule
Issue BriefThis brief provides a summary of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) March 23, 2012 final rule to implement the ACA provisions relating to Medicaid eligibility, enrollment simplification and coordination. The rule, which is effective Jan.
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Median Income of Medicare Beneficiaries Ages 65 and Over, by Gender, 2012
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Income and Out-of-Pocket Expenses Among Older Medicare Beneficiaries, by Gender and Age
FeatureIncome and Out-of-Pocket Expenses Among Older Medicare Beneficiaries, by Gender and Age Download…
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Medical Debt Among People With Health Insurance
ReportThis report examines the causes and contributors to medical debt, medical bankruptcy, and other difficulties with medical bills among people with insurance. Through in-depth interviews of nearly two-dozen people and quantitative analysis of national survey data, the authors of this report find that in-network and out-of-net-work cost sharing primarily contribute to medical debt among the insured.