The Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 explicitly increased Medicare payments to private Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. As a result, every MA plan in the nation is paid more for its enrollees than they would have been expected to cost in traditional fee-for-service Medicare. The authors calculate that payments to MA plans in 2008 will be 12.4 percent greater than the corresponding costs in traditional Medicare—an average increase of $986 per MA plan enrollee, for a total of more than $8.5 billion. Over the five-year period 2004–2008, extra payments to MA plans are estimated to have totaled nearly $33 billion. Although Congress recently enacted modest reductions in MA plan payments, these changes will not take effect until 2010. Moreover, wh...
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) included provision intended to increase the role of pri...
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...
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) included provision intended to increase the role of pri...
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...
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 ...