منابع مشابه
Socioeconomic differences in Medicare supplemental coverage.
In this study we compare the beneficiaries with various types of Medicare supplemental insurance coverage to examine the impact of socioeconomic characteristics on such coverage. We found that those who are more disadvantaged are less likely to have any coverage, and those who have it are less likely to have it subsidized by a former employer. These findings have direct implications for the fai...
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Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) Access to Care data indicate a five-percentage-point decline in the share of Medicare beneficiaries having Medigap coverage between 1996 and 1999; this was matched by a commensurate rise in the share enrolled in Medicare HMOs, contributing to an increase in the percentage with drug coverage. During this period, high-income beneficiaries, and to a lesse...
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This article estimates the extent to which private insurance supplements affect use of services by Medicare enrollees. Three types of supplements to Medicare's coverage are examined--Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs), medigap (MGP) plans, and employment-based indemnity (EBI) plans. While each kind of supplement reduces cost sharing on Medicare-covered services, only HMOs do so without inc...
متن کاملSocioeconomic factors and Medicare supplemental health insurance
This analysis was conducted to determine how personal and community characteristics affect coverage by private insurance to supplement Medicare. Data from the 1980 National Medical Care Utilization and Expenditure Survey were used. After controlling for health status, it was found that supplemental coverage was positively associated with education, income, number of self-reported chronic condit...
متن کاملWhen Should Medicare Coverage Begin ?
Lowering the Medicare eligibility age to 62 would result in near universal health care coverage among 62 to 64 year olds. People who purchase individual insurance in the market as well as the uninsured could benefit from Medicare coverage. The change would reduce employer costs for retiree health benefits and lower both retiree and employer costs for COBRA continuation coverage. Lowering the au...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Health Affairs
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0278-2715,1544-5208
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.0782