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Publikováno v:
Issue brief (Commonwealth Fund). 2
The costs of providing benefits to enrollees in private Medicare Advantage (MA) plans are slightly less, on average, than what traditional Medicare spends per beneficiary in the same county. However, MA plans that are able to keep their costs compara
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Issue brief (Commonwealth Fund). 25
Competition among private Medicare Advantage (MA) plans is seen by some as leading to lower premiums and expanded benefits. But how much competition exists in MA markets? Using a standard measure of market competition, our analysis finds that 97 perc
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Health affairs (Project Hope). 34(1)
Concern about the future growth of Medicare spending has led some in Congress and elsewhere to promote converting Medicare to a "premium support" system. Under premium support, Medicare would provide a "defined contribution" to each Medicare benefici
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Health Affairs. 23:64-76
The transfer and subsequent application of academic research results has demonstrable benefits for health care, researchers, universities, companies, and local economies. Nonetheless, at least three general concerns exist: bias in the reporting of re
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Health Affairs. 23:W4-586
The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act (MMA) of 2003 expands the role of private health plans in Medicare through prescription drug plans and a revised Medicar...
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Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law. 25(5):863-978
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Health Affairs. 17:236-244
Health philanthropy faces the basic challenge of how best to use limited resources to have a positive effect on policy, practice, or institutions in a trillion-dollar health care system. Insightful, well-crafted grants,coupledwitheffectivecommunicati
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Issue brief (Commonwealth Fund). 27
The Affordable Care Act enacts a new payment system for private health plans available to Medicare beneficiaries through the Medicare Advantage (MA) program. The system, which is being phased in through 2017, aims to (1) reduce the excess payments