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Weighted Average Monthly Premium for Medicare Part D Stand-alone Prescription Drug Plans
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Snapshots: Trends in Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Offer Rates for Workers in Private Businesses
Issue BriefMost Americans receive their health insurance through their own job or the job of a family member; an offer of coverage at work is an important determinant of the likelihood of having private health insurance.
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Snapshots: Comparison of Expenditures in Nongroup and Employer-Sponsored Insurance: 2004-2007
Issue BriefData from the insurance industry and reviews of premiums offered through on-line sellers show that premiums for nongroup health insurance are lower than premiums reported on national surveys for employer-sponsored health insurance (ESI).
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A Profile of African Americans, Latinos, and Whites with Medicare:
ReportThis chartpack highlights demographic data about African Americans, Hispanics and whites with Medicare to highlight potential implications for outreach efforts under the new Medicare drug benefit. The information is being used in a series of November 2005 briefings at the start of the first open-enrollment period for the new benefit. Chartpack (.
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Snapshots: Effect of Tying Eligibility for Health Insurance Subsidies to the Federal Poverty Level
Issue BriefConsiderable attention has been paid in recent years to the rapid growth of health insurance premiums and its impact on coverage affordability. Premium growth has far outpaced growth in workers earnings, which means that workers have to spend more of their income each year on health care to maintain current coverage levels.
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Snapshots: Insurance Premium Cost-Sharing and Coverage Take-up
Issue BriefOne of the many reasons an individual may be uninsured is that she or he decides an employer’s offer of health insurance is too expensive. Several studies have noted the likelihood that a worker will decline an employer’s offer of health insurance increases with the amount he or she is required to contribute.
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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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Snapshots: Employer Sponsored Health Insurance – A Comparison of the Availability and Cost of Coverage for Workers in Small Firms and Large Firms
Issue BriefEmployer Sponsored Health Insurance – A Comparison of the Availability and Cost of Coverage for Workers in Small Firms and Large FirmsNovember 2008 The majority of businesses in the United States are small businesses. Of the over three million firms with three or more workers, roughly 98% have between three and 199 employees.
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Recent Publications on Medicaid and Prescription Drugs
Other PostRecent Publications on Medicaid and Prescription Drugs The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured continues to focus on the role of prescription drugs in the Medicaid program with particular attention on drug spending trends, state reforms to curb spending, and the impact on access to care.