Explaining Health Reform: Medicare and the New Independent Payment Advisory Board
This 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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Summary of Key Changes to Medicare in 2010 Health Reform Law
Issue BriefSummary of Key Changes to Medicare in 2010 Health Reform Law . This brief provides a detailed look at the improvements in Medicare benefits, changes to payments for providers and Medicare Advantage plans, various demonstration projects and other Medicare provisions in the law. It includes a timeline of key dates for implementing the Medicare-related provisions in the law.
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The New Health Reform Law and Medicaid
Event Date:EventThis briefing, cosponsored by the Alliance for Health Reform and the Kaiser Family Foundation, explores the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (HCERA).
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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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Kaiser Health Tracking Poll — January 2010
FeatureThe January Kaiser Health Tracking Poll finds that Americans are divided over congressional health reform proposals, but also that large shares of people, including skeptics, become more supportive after being told about many of the major provisions in the bills.
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Low-Income Assistance Under the Medicare Drug Benefit
Fact SheetThis fact sheet provides an overview of the Medicare drug benefit and the additional subsidies available to certain eligible low-income beneficiaries. Fact Sheet - December 2009 (.
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What’s in the Stars? Quality Ratings of Medicare Advantage Plans, 2010
Issue BriefNEW: Foundation brief looks at implications of 2011 quality ratings for Medicare Advantage plans.
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Medicare Part D Spotlight: Part D Plan Availability in 2010 and Key Changes Since 2006
Issue BriefThis Medicare Part D data spotlight examines the stand-alone Medicare drug plan options that will be available to beneficiaries in 2010, including the number of available plans, premiums for those plans, and benefit designs. About two-thirds of the nearly 27 million Medicare beneficiaries who are enrolled in Part D plans get their coverage through stand-alone plans.
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Medicare Advantage 2010 Data Spotlight: Plan Availability and Premiums
Issue BriefThis data spotlight examines changes in the availability and premiums of private Medicare Advantage options for Medicare beneficiaries in 2010 as the annual open enrollment period begins. While the number of plans available in 2010 declined somewhat from 2009, the analysis finds that Medicare beneficiaries on average have 33 Medicare Advantage plans to choose from.
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Examining Sources of Supplemental Insurance and Prescription Drug Coverage Among Medicare Beneficiaries: Findings from the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey, 2007
ReportThis updated chartpack presents sources of supplemental and prescription drug coverage among Medicare beneficiaries in 2007, the most recent year for which national data are available. The chartpack looks at variations in supplemental and prescription drug coverage by income, race/ethnicity, age, urban/rural location, and health status.