Tag: Medicare Part D
The brief’s key findings are: Medicare Part D, introduced in 2006, has increased spending on prescription drugs for the elderly, but its impact on other health spending is unclear. The analysis addresses this issue by examining the use of other health care before and after Part D was introduced. The results show that the impact…
Abstract Older Americans, although covered by Medicare, bear a large economic burden of medical expenses in the form of premiums for Medicare and supplemental plans, as well as the cost of uncovered or under-covered medical services. This study compares the patterns of this economic burden in 2010 with the baseline year of 2005. The period…
