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February 13, 2013 | Issue Brief
Medicare's per capita payments to physicians for patient services has been exceeding federal budget guidelines, but Congress has postponed a reduction in physician fees in recent years. Lawmakers are looking for a permanent solution to the problem.
June 13, 2012 | Issue Brief
Dual eligibles qualify for both Medicaid and Medicare, but the coordination of their care is often poorly managed. The Affordable Care Act created a new office in an attempt to make the two programs work together more effectively.
March 22, 2012 | Issue Brief
With Medicare spending expected to rise, one proposal would have the federal government pay a fixed contribution to health plans. Critics fear that could result in beneficiaries shouldering more of their health care costs.
February 24, 2012 | Issue Brief
This paper discusses Medicare’s current cost-sharing requirements, Medigap insurance, and proposals to modify Medicare’s cost-sharing and eliminate first-dollar coverage in Medigap plans. It reviews the evidence on the effects of first-dollar covera ...
June 15, 2011 | Issue Brief
Medicare Advantage plans cover one-fourth of Medicare enrollees, but are slated to decrease over time in the Affordable Care Act to ensure closer parity with traditional Medicare program costs.
December 2, 2010 | Issue Brief
Congress has repeatedly postponed cuts to physician fees under Medicare, but has reached no agreement on how to restrain growth in spending.
May 20, 2010 | Issue Brief
The Affordable Care Act lays out significant changes to Medicare, which is expected to impact the rest of the health care delivery system.
June 5, 2009 | Issue Brief
If health insurance companies submitted competitive bids to offer Medicare coverage, President Obama says the government could save billions of dollars.
September 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
The Project HOPE Center for Health Affairs examined how Medicare beneficiaries fared after their health maintenance organizations (HMOs) closed, forcing them to seek new insurance coverage.
April 1, 2005 | Program Result Report
In 2003 investigators at New England Medical Center Hospitals, Boston, collected four-year follow-up data from a cohort of Medicare beneficiaries under study since 1998 to examine differences in health outcomes related to physical and mental health and death for beneficiaries enrolled in traditional fee-for-service Medicare versus those enrolled in Medicare HMOs.