Medicare Reform
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Reforming Medicare
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Author : Henry Aaron
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2009-11-01
Reforming Medicare written by Henry Aaron and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11-01 with Medical categories.
Everyone agrees on the need to reform Medicare but not on how to do it. Some argue the program is too comprehensive, others that it is not comprehensive enough. Some suggest it pays too much for health care, others, too little. Meanwhile, the financial stakes continue to mount. Medicare spending exceeded $400 billion in 2007, making it more expensive than the entire health systems of most other nations, as well as the largest national public program other than Social Security and national defense. In R eforming Medicare, Henry J. Aaron and Jeanne M. Lambrew deftly guide readers through this complex debate. They identify and analyze the three leading approaches to reform. Updated social insurance would retain the current system while rationalizing coverage and reducing bureaucracy. Premium support would replace the current system with a capped, per-person payment that beneficiaries could use to buy health insurance. Consumer-directed Medicare would have beneficiaries pay for care up to a high deductible from government- supported savings accounts and offer premium-support coverage above the deductible. In addition to rating each option on its ability to promote access to health care, improve the quality of care, and control costs, the authors evaluate each reform's political strengths and weaknesses. Given the heat generated by the Medicare debate, it is unlikely that any single approach will be implemented in full. Consequently, Aaron and Lambrew describe incremental strategies that blend elements of each plan. Their analysis provides essential insight into the types of hybrid policies that Congress will consider in coming years.
Medicare
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Author : William Scanlon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Medicare written by William Scanlon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Managed care plans (Medical care) categories.
Medicare Reform
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Health
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
Medicare Reform written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Health and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Medical categories.
Medicare Reform
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Author : David Michael Walker
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Medicare Reform written by David Michael Walker and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Medicare categories.
Medicare Reform
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Health
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
Medicare Reform written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Health and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Medical categories.
Medicare Reform
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Author : Andrew J. Rettenmaier
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1999
Medicare Reform written by Andrew J. Rettenmaier and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Medical categories.
A group of respected analysts of health issues considers the economic forces impacting the surging health care market and examines the ultimate fairness of an intergenerational contract dictating that tomorrow's workers foot the bill for today's elderly."--BOOK JACKET. "Written for the general reader and offering innovative ideas for policy revision along with critical new data on health care economics, this comprehensive volume provides a timely and thoughtful deliberation on the precarious future of Medicare."--BOOK JACKET.
Medicare In The Twenty First Century
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Author : Robert B. Helms
language : en
Publisher: American Enterprise Institute
Release Date : 1999
Medicare In The Twenty First Century written by Robert B. Helms and has been published by American Enterprise Institute this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Medical categories.
These leading health economics experts make various recommendations for saving the popular Medicare program and grapple with finding a solution that is realistic, fair, and efficient.
Medicare Reform
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Medicare Reform written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Health care reform categories.
The Economics Of Medicare Reform
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Author : Andrew J. Rettenmaier
language : en
Publisher: W.E. Upjohn Institute
Release Date : 2000
The Economics Of Medicare Reform written by Andrew J. Rettenmaier and has been published by W.E. Upjohn Institute this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Medical categories.
Describes factors that will lead to the collapse of Medicare and gives recommendations for preserving the program's future. Examines major problems of financing, Congress' penchant for expanding the scope of Medicare without committing additional revenues, and the growing elderly population. Recommends trashing the current generational transfer method of financing in favor of a system that requires each age cohort to insure itself against retirement medical expenses. Rettenmaier is research scientist, and Saving is director, at the Private Enterprise Research Center at Texas AandM University. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Bring Market Prices To Medicare
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Author : Robert F. Coulam
language : en
Publisher: A E I Press
Release Date : 2009
Bring Market Prices To Medicare written by Robert F. Coulam and has been published by A E I Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Medical categories.
Medicare is quickly approaching insolvency, in part because the program pays too much for the services it provides. In Bring Market Prices to Medicare, Robert F. Coulam, Roger Feldman, and Bryan E. Dowd propose a groundbreaking solution: Use market-based arrangements to set prices for Medicare plans. The authors contend that the federal government should pay only the cost of the most economical health plan in each market area. To accomplish this, both traditional fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare and private Medicare Advantage (MA) would submit bids for the government's business; the federal contribution to premiums would be set to equal the lowest bid in each market area. This competitive pricing system would penalize plans that bid too high-their beneficiaries would pay higher premiums-providing an incentive for plans to offer their best prices. Meanwhile, low-bidding plans would be rewarded with increased enrollment. Such an approach would reduce Medicare spending by 8 percent, shoring up the program's finances while empowering consumers to make sensible choices about their health care. Establishing a competitive pricing system for Medicare will have drawbacks as well: Beneficiaries in some markets would have to pay more to stay in the FFS Medicare plan, while others would lose generous supplementary benefits currently offered by private MA plans in areas where these plans are overpaid. Coulam, Feldman, and Dowd contend that the best way to address public and political opposition to this crucial reform is not to downplay its challenges but rather to consider carefully the needs and expectations of beneficiaries and establish a gradual transition that would alleviate most of the disruption beneficiaries might otherwise experience. Bringing market prices to Medicare is not merely a matter of political strategy or tactics; it will require a fundamental shift in Americans' attitudes toward health care, starting with the realization that Medicare's current payment methods cannot be sustained. A competi