What You Need to Know about the New Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act
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Published: 1988
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780139558085
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Published: 1988
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780139558085
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
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Published: 1989
Total Pages: 78
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Published: 1988
Total Pages: 16
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Richard Himelfarb
Publisher: Penn State Press
Published: 2010-11-01
Total Pages: 149
ISBN-13: 0271039760
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: California. Legislature. Assembly. Public Employees, Retirement & Social Security Committee
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Published: 1988
Total Pages: 114
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. General Accounting Office
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Published: 1989
Total Pages: 28
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Aging. Subcommittee on Retirement Income and Employment
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Published: 1989
Total Pages: 106
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging
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Published: 1990
Total Pages: 56
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: U S Government Accountability Office (G
Publisher: BiblioGov
Published: 2013-06
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781289106607
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988 (MCCA) to identify options for restructuring benefits and financing, due to congressional and public concern regarding increased premiums. GAO found that: (1) MCCA, which authorized substantial increased protection for Medicare beneficiaries who incurred large health care expenses, established a catastrophic premium, a prescription drug premium, and a supplemental premium for higher-income beneficiaries, to pay for increased Medicare costs; (2) enhanced hospital insurance benefits included decreased inpatient services deductibles, a maximum beneficiary liability for skilled nursing facility services, more intensive home care services, and unlimited coverage for hospice care; and (3) enhanced supplementary medical insurance benefits included a cap on beneficiary cost-sharing, respite care benefits, mammography screening, and increased prescription drug coverage. GAO also found that alternatives to funding MCCA from beneficiary premiums included: (1) increasing hospital insurance tax rates paid by active workers and employers; (2) raising such general revenues as cigarette and alcohol taxes; (3) funding enhanced benefits in the same manner as regular benefits and new benefits entirely from beneficiaries; (4) repealing or modifying some or all the enhanced benefits; (5) redistributing MCCA funding among beneficiaries; (6) repealing or phasing out MCCA; and (7) making MCCA optional.
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance
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Published: 1990
Total Pages: 216
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