The Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 explicitly increased Medicare payments to private Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. As a result, MA plans have, for the past six years, been paid more for their enrollees than they would be expected to cost in traditional fee-for-service Medicare. Payments to MA plans in 2009 are projected to be 13 percent greater than the corresponding costs in traditional Medicare—an average of $1,138 per MA plan enrollee, for a total of $11.4 billion. Although the extra payments are used to provide enrollees additional benefits, those benefits are not available to all beneficiaries—but they are financed by general program funds. If payments to MA plans were instead equal to the spending level under traditional Medicare...
Medicare Advantage plans are now paid $11 billion a year, and $150 billion over 10 years, more than ...
In 2012, the Medicare program paid private health plans $136 billion to cover about 13 million benef...
Explains the current Medicare Advantage system and outlines the arguments for and against proposals ...
The Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 explicitly increased Medicare payments to private Medicare Ad...
The Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 explicitly increased Medicare payments to private Medicare Ad...
The Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 explicitly increased Medicare payments to private Medicare Ad...
Outlines the impact of the 2003 increase in payments to private Medicare Advantage plans, efforts to...
The Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 sharply increased payments to private Medicare Advantage plan...
The Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 sharply increased payments to private Medicare Advantage plan...
This issue brief updates an earlier analysis published by The Commonwealth Fund that examined Medica...
The Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) and the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) of 2005 include pro...
The Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) and the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) of 2005 include pro...
The Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) and the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) of 2005 include pro...
The Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) included provision intended to increase the role of pri...
Medicare Advantage plans are now paid $11 billion a year, and $150 billion over 10 years, more than ...
Medicare Advantage plans are now paid $11 billion a year, and $150 billion over 10 years, more than ...
In 2012, the Medicare program paid private health plans $136 billion to cover about 13 million benef...
Explains the current Medicare Advantage system and outlines the arguments for and against proposals ...
The Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 explicitly increased Medicare payments to private Medicare Ad...
The Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 explicitly increased Medicare payments to private Medicare Ad...
The Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 explicitly increased Medicare payments to private Medicare Ad...
Outlines the impact of the 2003 increase in payments to private Medicare Advantage plans, efforts to...
The Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 sharply increased payments to private Medicare Advantage plan...
The Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 sharply increased payments to private Medicare Advantage plan...
This issue brief updates an earlier analysis published by The Commonwealth Fund that examined Medica...
The Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) and the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) of 2005 include pro...
The Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) and the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) of 2005 include pro...
The Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) and the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) of 2005 include pro...
The Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) included provision intended to increase the role of pri...
Medicare Advantage plans are now paid $11 billion a year, and $150 billion over 10 years, more than ...
Medicare Advantage plans are now paid $11 billion a year, and $150 billion over 10 years, more than ...
In 2012, the Medicare program paid private health plans $136 billion to cover about 13 million benef...
Explains the current Medicare Advantage system and outlines the arguments for and against proposals ...