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Help, I've Fallen Into the Doughnut Hole and I Can't Get Up: The Problems with Medicare
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Beverly Goldberg,
The Century Foundation,
10/28/2008
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Ever since the enactment of Medicare Part D, which pays private insurers to offer senior citizens plans to help cover the costs of their prescription drugs, bitter complaints about the program have been the norm. Most of the complaints have focused on the "doughnut hole," the coverage gap that occurs when someone spends more than the year's covered amount—$2,510 in 2008—on his or her medications. When that cap is reached, because an individual is on multiple medications or extremely expensive ones or both, the costs of medications must be paid for out–of–pocket until the person spends up to a level that is significantly higher than the covered amount—an additional $3,216 in 2008. At that point, the plan again begins to cover needed drugs under a catastrophic coverage provision. Continue Reading Here.
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The Health Beat by Maggie Mahar Blog
 The Century Foundation fellow, Maggie Mahar discusses today's most pressing health care policy issues in The Health Beat by Maggie Mahar blog. Click here to view.
Getting More Value from Medicare
In “Getting More Value from Medicare,” The Century Foundation, fellow and HealthBeat Blog editor Maggie Mahar points out that past proposals for containing Medicare’s costs, such as putting a cap on physicians’ fees or requiring beneficiaries to pay more for their care, have not worked.
Money-Driven Medicine
 View, Money-Driven Medicine: The Real Reason Health Care Costs So Much (Harper/Collins 2006), a book by The Century Foundation's Health Fellow, Maggie Mahar. |
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A Second Opinion
Dr. Arnold Relman,
PublicAffairs,
The Century Foundation,
4/23/2007
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Medicare Tomorrow
The Century Foundation Task Force on Medicare Reform, Century Foundation Press
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