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What is Medicare Now and in the Future about?

1. Placing Medicare In Context. Why Examine Medicare Now? Economic Status Of Older Americans. Prospects For The Future. Burdens From Health Spending. The Economic Status Of Disabled Persons. The Problem Of Rising Healthcare Costs. Prices. Use Of Services. Medicare As Part Of Federal Budget. Rethinking Medicare Policy -- 2. Assuring Access. The Genesis. Evolution Of The Legislation. Medicare And Its Goals. Expansion In 1972. Other Changes In Access. Who Gets What? Rising Burdens Of Medicare Cost Sharing. Geographic Variation -- 3. Containing Costs: Impacts On Providers. Sources Of Growth In Medicare Spending. Changing Medicare's Relationship With Providers. Hospitals Take The First Hit. How Pps Works. The Immediate Response In Delivery Of Care. Impacts On Hospitals. Impact On Medicare Administration. Changes To Improve Hospital Payment. Physician Payment Reform. Details Of The Medicare Fee Schedule. The Likely Impact. Other Provider Changes. Home Health Services. Skilled Nursing Facility Care -- 4. Containing Costs: Impacts On Beneficiaries. Direct Changes In Beneficiary Cost Sharing. Sources Of Higher Beneficiary Burdens. Offsetting Reductions In Beneficiary Burdens. Distribution O

Author

Moon, Marilyn

Publisher

Washington, D.C.: Urban Institute Press ; Lanham, MD: Distributed by University Press of America

Published

1993

Language

EN

ISBN

9780877665915

Subjects

Social Science, Management, Business