Medicare Structural Reform : Background and Options.
Provides overview of and background on Medicare program financing, benefit structure, and administration. Examines current and future challenges facing Medicare and prospects for 108th Congress. Discusses reform options including increasing eligibility age, means testing, modification in beneficiary...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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2001.
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| Series: | U.S. Congressional Research.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Provides overview of and background on Medicare program financing, benefit structure, and administration. Examines current and future challenges facing Medicare and prospects for 108th Congress. Discusses reform options including increasing eligibility age, means testing, modification in beneficiary cost-sharing, redesign of benefits package, Medigap modification, combination of Medicare Part A and Medicare Part B, fee-for-service modernizations, and premium support. |
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| Item Description: | Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |