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Private Health Plans: Managed Care">Private Health Plans: Managed Care
- Private Health Plans: Managed Care">Private Health Plans: Managed Care
Managed care health plans (including HMOs, PPOs, and other arrangements) provide health insurance coverage and deliver care through a designated provider n
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Medicare Supplement Insurance">Medicare Supplement Insurance
- Medicare Supplement Insurance">Medicare Supplement Insurance
Under Traditional Medicare (also called Original Medicare), beneficiaries have cost-sharing responsibilities that can be substantial if they have a serious
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Retiree Health Coverage">Retiree Health Coverage
- Retiree Health Coverage">Retiree Health Coverage
The availability of health benefits is a key factor in retirement decisions for most workers.
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Health Care Coverage: Medicare">Health Care Coverage: Medicare
- Health Care Coverage: Medicare">Health Care Coverage: Medicare
Medicare was enacted in 1965 as a national social insurance program to help people age 65 and older obtain and pay for medical care.
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AARP Medicare Principles">AARP Medicare Principles
- AARP Medicare Principles">AARP Medicare Principles
Ensure equity—Medicare should remain a social insurance program th
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Medicare Benefits and Financing">Medicare Benefits and Financing
- Medicare Benefits and Financing">Medicare Benefits and Financing
Medicare coverage has four parts.
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Medicare Program Administration and Outreach">Medicare Program Administration and Outreach
- Medicare Program Administration and Outreach">Medicare Program Administration and Outreach
Medicare beneficiaries can be confused by the complexities of the program’s benefits and payment rules, as well as by the broad array of choices involving
These principles provide a framework for key components of low-income assistance, including income and nutrition assistance programs, access to social supports, and access to basic necessities.&nbs
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Prescription Drugs in Medicare">Prescription Drugs in Medicare
- Prescription Drugs in Medicare">Prescription Drugs in Medicare
Until the 2006 introduction of Medicare Part D (Drug Coverage), Medicare covered very few prescriptions outside of hospital settings.
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Quality and Consumer Protection in Medicaid">Quality and Consumer Protection in Medicaid
- Quality and Consumer Protection in Medicaid">Quality and Consumer Protection in Medicaid
As required by the Affordable Care Act, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a recommended core set of health quality measures for M