Health Action 2002 Tool Kit: Medicare

• Medicare at a Glance (Kaiser)
• Women and Medicare (Kaiser)
• Medicare and Prescription Drugs (Kaiser)
• Trends in the Costs, Coverage, and Use of Prescription Drugs by Medicare Beneficiaries (AARP)
• Making Medicare Work Better (Institute for Medicare Practice)
• Medicare's Less Visible Population: Disabled Beneficiaries under Age 65(Mathematica)
• LCAO Principles for a Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Leadership Council of Aging Organizations)
• Prescription Drug Coverage for Medicare Beneficiaries: A Side-by-Side Comparison of Selected Proposals (Kaiser)
• Reforming Medicare's Benefit Package: Impact on Beneficiary Expenditures (Commonwealth Fund)
• What Do Medicare HMO Enrollees Spend Out-of-Pocket (The Commonwealth Fund)
• Medicare+Choice(Kaiser)
• Medicare+Choice in 2000: Will Enrollees Spend More and Receive Less? (The Commonwealth Fund)
• Medicare+Choice: Recent Payment Increases Had Little Effect on Benefits or Plan Availability in 2001 (GAO)
• Medicare+Choice: An Interim Report Card (Health Affairs)
• Ten Questions on Medicare HMOs for President Bush and Congress (Medicare Rights Center)
• Medigap Insurance: Plans Are Widely Available but Have Limited Benefits and May Have High Costs (GAO)
• Medicare Rights and Realities: Medigap Consumer Protections Need to Be Strengthened (Medicare Rights Center)
• The Structure of Supplemental Insurance for Medicare Beneficiaries (Mathematica)

(NOTE: for Dual Eligibles, see also Medicaid section of this Tool Kit)

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