Health Action 2004 Tool Kit: Medicare

(see also Medicaid and Prescription Drugs)

• Medicare at a Glance (Kaiser Family Foundation)
• Medicare+Choice (Kaiser Family Foundation)
• Summary of Traditional Medicare, 2003 (Kaiser Family Foundation)
• Private Plans: A Bad Choice for Medicare (Families USA)
• What Happens When Traditional Medicare Has to Bid against Private Plans? (Families USA)
• Top Dollar: CEO Compensation in Medicare's Private Insurance Plans (Families USA)
• Managed Care Plans Offer No Real Choice for Rural Medicare Beneficiaries (Families USA)
• Medicare Outperforms Private Insurance at Containing Health Care Spending, 30-Year
  Trend Grows (Urban Institute)
• Why FEHBP Isn't a Good Option for Medicare (Families USA)
• FEHBP Rates Increase as Much as $4,572.12 a Year: Is This Really a Model for Medicare? (Families USA)
• The New Medicare Drug Benefit: How Much Will Consumers Pay? (Families USA)
• Q & A: Understanding the New Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Families USA)
• Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 Conference Agreement