Short-Term Limited Duration Plans and HIV
Given the Trump Administration’s promotion of short-term limited-duration (STLD) health insurance policies, this brief examines what they mean for people with HIV. The analysis assesses whether people...
View ArticleClosing the Medicare Part D Coverage Gap: Trends, Recent Changes, and What’s...
This data note examines the latest data and trends in the Medicare Part D coverage gap, where enrollees must pay a greater share of their prescription drug costs. The note includes data about how many...
View ArticleCorporate health costs don’t look like a crisis
n this Axios column, Drew Altman presents a puzzle around corporate health costs: companies are talking like there is a crisis, but new data doesn’t really show it.
View ArticleAn Overview of the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Benefit
This fact sheet includes the latest information and data about the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit, including current plan information, the standard benefit parameters, low-income assistance,...
View ArticleMedicare Advantage 2019 Spotlight: First Look
In 2019, more than 20 million Medicare beneficiaries (34%) are enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans, which are mainly HMOs and PPOs offered by private insurers as an alternative to the traditional...
View ArticleMedicare Part D: A First Look at Prescription Drug Plans in 2019
This issue brief provides an overview of the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit plan landscape, with a focus on stand-alone drug plans, the largest segment of the Part D market. It includes...
View Article50-State Survey Finds Flat Medicaid Enrollment Tied to a Stronger Economy and...
For the first time in a decade, states are reporting no overall growth in Medicaid enrollment last year and expecting minimal growth this year amid a stronger economy, a new Kaiser Family Foundation...
View ArticleStates Focus on Quality and Outcomes Amid Waiver Changes: Results from a...
This report provides an in-depth examination of the changes taking place in Medicaid programs across the country. Report findings are drawn from the annual budget survey of Medicaid officials in all 50...
View ArticleA Dozen Facts About Medicare Advantage
Medicare Advantage plans have played an increasingly larger role in the Medicare program over the past decade. More than 20 million Medicare beneficiaries (34%) are enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans...
View ArticleNew England Journal of Medicine: Medicare Advantage Checkup
In this November 2018 New England Journal of Medicine article, KFF's Tricia Neuman and Gretchen Jacobson examine the extent to which Medicare Advantage plans are achieving goals with respect to...
View ArticleAn Overview of Medicare
This issue brief provides an overview of Medicare, the health insurance program for people ages 65 and over and younger people with long-term disabilities. The brief review the characteristics of...
View ArticleDo People Who Sign Up for Medicare Advantage Plans Have Lower Medicare Spending?
The analysis finds that people who switched from traditional Medicare to Medicare Advantage in 2016 had health spending in 2015 that was $1,253 less, on average, than the average spending for...
View ArticleMedicaid’s Role in Addressing the Opioid Epidemic
This infographic provides information and statistics about the opioid epidemic and Medicaid’s role in covering addiction treatment services.
View ArticleMedicare Advantage
This fact sheet includes the latest information and data about the Medicare Advantage program, including enrollment, plan information, spending and financing for the program, and payment and program...
View ArticleWhat Percent of New Medicare Beneficiaries Are Enrolling in Medicare Advantage?
The analysis examines enrollment in Medicare Advantage plans during beneficiaries’ first year on Medicare and finds that less than one-third or 29% enrolled in these private health plans, including...
View ArticleA Dozen Facts About Medicare Advantage in 2019
Medicare Advantage enrollment has grown rapidly over the past decade, and Medicare Advantage plans have taken on a larger role in the Medicare program. More than 22 million Medicare beneficiaries (34%)...
View ArticleFinancial Performance of Medicare Advantage, Individual, and Group Health...
Three key private health insurance markets -- Medicare Advantage, the individual market and the fully-insured group market -- appear to be financially healthy and attractive to insurers. The private...
View ArticleHow Will The Medicare Part D Benefit Change Under Current Law and Leading...
This brief describes how the Medicare Part D benefit will change in 2020 under current law and proposed changes that would affect what beneficiaries, plans, manufacturers, and Medicare pay for drug...
View ArticleMedicare Part D Beneficiaries Who Reach the Catastrophic Coverage Limit Can...
Medicare Part D enrollees with relatively high out-of-pocket expenses can expect see their costs rise in 2020, according to a new KFF analysis. This is mainly due to an increase in how much enrollees...
View ArticleMedicare Open Enrollment FAQs
This list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about Medicare Open Enrollment covers a range of topics related to Medicare enrollment, Medicare Advantage, Part D, Medigap, employer/retiree coverage,...
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