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AARP Public Policy Institute - Although Medicare provides important
coverage for hospital, physician, and other services, its cost-sharing
requirements are sometimes substantial, and its benefit package is lacking
in several key areas. "What Share of Beneficiaries' Total Health Care
Costs Does Medicare Pay?" projects total personal health care
expenditures in 2000 for the Medicare population in the aggregate. This
Data Digest identifies the sources of payment for these expenditures and
examines how sources for elderly beneficiaries differ from those for
younger beneficiaries with disabilities. http://research.aarp.org/health/dd78_costs.html
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| Public Citizen - "Medicare Privatization: The Case Against Relying on HMOs and Private Insurers to Offer Prescription Drug Coverage" examines government and private sector research on the Medicare program’s current experience with private sector plans. The report finds that coverage offered through private insurers would be unreliable, inefficient, and confusing to beneficiaries. It also concludes that private plans would not be able to negotiate the steep drug price discounts that would be achievable if Medicare offered a prescription drug benefit directly. http://www.citizen.org/congress/reform/rx_benefits/drug_benefit/articles.cfm?ID=8298 |
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Center for Studying Health System Change - "Kinder and Gentler:
Physicians and Managed Care, 1997-2001" finds that, despite the
backlash against managed care, an overwhelming majority of physicians
continue to contract with managed care health plans. It also found that
physician practices moved away from using direct financial incentives to
influence doctors' clinical decision-making, but they did experience an
increase in the overall influence of treatment guidelines and other
practices commonly associated with managed care. http://www.hschange.com/CONTENT/486/486.pdf
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Community Catalyst - "A Guide to Organizing Community Forums"
was compiled to provide individuals and consumer groups with sets of
guiding questions to organize more effective community forums. The guiding
questions deal with several general concerns that arise when planning a
forum, and each section includes brief checklists that should prove
helpful during the different stages of forum organizing efforts. http://www.communitycatalyst.org/acrobat/Community_Forums.pdf
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Mathematica Policy Research - Most studies on the costs of care for
children with special health care needs (CSHCN) have focused on children
enrolled in Medicaid despite the fact that most of these children are
privately insured. CSHCN who are enrolled in commercial, employer-based
health insurance may be at high risk for inadequate access to necessary
health services. "Children with Special Health Care Needs in
Commercial Managed Care: Patterns of Service Use and Cost" provides
new information on patterns of service use and cost for 30,000 CSHCN
enrolled in private managed care plans in 1999-2000. http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/PDFs/redirect.asp?strSite=childrenspecial.pdf
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National Council of La Raza and HHS - "Protect Your Family's
Health…with Confidence" is a bilingual booklet that explains how
parents can receive low-cost or free health coverage. It examines Medicaid
and SCHIP and answers questions regarding children’s health coverage
when a parent is not a U.S. citizen. The booklet also serves as a guide
for families with concerns about immigration status. http://www.insurekidsnow.gov/confidence/Confianza.pdf
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