elderly, consumer behavior, dietary supplements, risk, medical services, health care costs, medicareThe recent concern about Medicare's limited coverage of health care costs has led many elderly to purchase Medicare supplemental policies to reduce the risk of large financial losses if a condition of...
With U.S. households spending an average of $442 per year on OTC products, supplemental benefit offerings can improve the wellbeing of plan members and reduce the cost associated with expensive name-brand medications and unnecessary visits to provider organizations. As a result, health pl...
In 2023, there’s a notable change regarding the Medicare Part A deductible. Specifically, certain Medicare enrollees who are 36 months post kidney transplant, and thus no longer eligible for full Medicare coverage, have the option to continue Part B coverage of immunosuppressive drugs by paying ...
Rethinking Medicare's Cost Sharing and Supplemental Coverage: Options and Implications Kos talks about the problems of"the noise and vibration of candy maker's machine disturbing some doctor's working"and "river pollution"in"The Problem of So... K Linehan 被引量: 0发表: 0年 Rethinking the us...
Coverage ends after day 100. To qualify for Medicare coverage for nursing home care, individuals must: Live at home (not in a nursing home or other long-term care facility) Have their physician approve a plan of care Use a Medicare-certified provider Need continuous care after a minimum of...
‡The co-pay may depend on coverage of additional insurance plan(s). §You should be enrolled in Medicare Part A and Part B. Medicare patients with supplemental coverage (e.g., Medigap) may require additional premiums.If you are a Medicare Advantage (Medicare Part C) patient Medicare Ad...
Finkelstein calculated that the creation of Medicare induced an increase of hospital expenditures more than six times greater than one would have expected from the expansion of insurance coverage alone. About half of this increase in hospital costs was due to the establishment of new hospitals; the...
1 Even among older adults insured under Medicare, 14.4% reported cost-related medication nonadherence in 2016.2 Recent high levels of inflation may have worsened cost-related medication nonadherence among older adults, even among those with insurance. Although prescription drug affordability is a ...
Medicare Part D cost was chosen as opposed to wholesale acquisition cost because Medicare Part D data are consistently and accurately reported and most patients with heart failure have Medicare coverage.32 In a sensitivity analysis, we evaluated ±50% of this cost because the pricing may vary ...
But it isn't just about having enough money for retirement. As we age, the need for certain types of insurance coverage, likelife insuranceandMedicare supplemental insurance, increases drastically. And, so does the need forlong-term care coverage. This type of insurance helps cover the various...