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Medicare: Financing the Part A Hospital Insurance Program (open access)

Medicare: Financing the Part A Hospital Insurance Program

This report discusses Medicare, which consists of two distinct parts — Part A (Hospital Insurance (HI)) and Part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance (SMI)). Part A is financed primarily through payroll taxes levied on current workers and their employers. Income from these taxes is credited to the HI trust fund. Part B is financed through a combination of monthly premiums paid by current enrollees and general revenues. Income from these sources is credited to the SMI trust fund.
Date: May 5, 1998
Creator: O'Sullivan, Jennifer
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicare Expansion: President Clinton's Proposals to Allow Coverage Before Age 65 (open access)

Medicare Expansion: President Clinton's Proposals to Allow Coverage Before Age 65

This report discusses medicare expansion; President Clinton's proposal to allow people ages 62 through 64 to buy into Medicare if they do not have access to employer-sponsored or federal health insurance.
Date: March 31, 1998
Creator: Lyke, Bob; Fuchs, Beth C.; O'Sullivan, Jennifer & Smith, Madeleine T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicare: Payments to Physicians (open access)

Medicare: Payments to Physicians

This report discusses payments for physicians services under Medicare that are made on the basis of a fee schedule.
Date: January 28, 1998
Creator: O'Sullivan, Jennifer
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicare: Prescription Drug Proposals (open access)

Medicare: Prescription Drug Proposals

This report provides an overview of the President’s plan and the legislation introduced to date in the 106th Congress. It
Date: June 8, 2000
Creator: O'Sullivan, Jennifer
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicare Beneficiary Access to Care: The Effects of New Prospective Payment Systems on Outpatient Hospital Care, Home Health Care, and Skilled Nursing Facility Care (open access)

Medicare Beneficiary Access to Care: The Effects of New Prospective Payment Systems on Outpatient Hospital Care, Home Health Care, and Skilled Nursing Facility Care

This report discusses the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA 97), which required that prospective payment systems replace retrospective cost-based reimbursement systems for Medicare beneficiaries receiving care in hospital outpatient departments, from home health care agencies, and in skilled nursing facilities.
Date: February 2, 2000
Creator: Merck, Carolyn L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicare: Changes to Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA 97, P.L. 105-33) Provisions (open access)

Medicare: Changes to Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA 97, P.L. 105-33) Provisions

This report summarizes the major provisions of the agreement between the by House and Senate negotiators on the Medicare provisions.
Date: November 19, 1999
Creator: O'Sullivan, Jennifer; Merck, Carolyn L.; Smith, Madeleine T. & Tilson, Sibyl L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Technicians: The Issue of Mandatory Retirement for Non-Dual-Status Technicians (open access)

Military Technicians: The Issue of Mandatory Retirement for Non-Dual-Status Technicians

This report describes the mandatory retirement provisions for certain “non-dual-status” military technicians contained in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (P.L. 106-65), discusses the stated rationale behind the policy, and quantifies the impact it will likely have on individual technicians.
Date: March 28, 2000
Creator: Kapp, Lawrence
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicare: Selected Prescription Drug Proposals (open access)

Medicare: Selected Prescription Drug Proposals

Report on selected prescription drug proposals in the Medicare program, including a cost benefits analysis, summary of proposals, background of the issues, and more.
Date: September 14, 2000
Creator: O'Sullivan, Jennifer
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicare+Choice Payments (open access)

Medicare+Choice Payments

This report discusses the M+C program that established new rules for beneficiary and plan participation. This report focuses on M+C payments.
Date: May 8, 2002
Creator: Chaikind, Hinda Ripps & Morgan, Paulette C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicare+Choice Payments (open access)

Medicare+Choice Payments

This report discusses the M+C program that established new rules for beneficiary and plan participation. This report focuses on M+C payments.
Date: January 22, 2003
Creator: Chaikind, Hinda Ripps & Morgan, Paulette C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicare: Side-by-Side Comparison of Selected Prescription Drug Bills (open access)

Medicare: Side-by-Side Comparison of Selected Prescription Drug Bills

Report comparing prescription drug bills in the Medicare program, including an examination of the covered population, benefits, deductibles, premiums, and more.
Date: September 20, 2000
Creator: O'Sullivan, Jennifer & Yacker, Heidi G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Older Workers: Employment and Retirement Trends (open access)

Older Workers: Employment and Retirement Trends

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Date: October 26, 2001
Creator: Purcell, Patrick J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicare Provisions in the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 (BIPA, P.L. 106-554) (open access)

Medicare Provisions in the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 (BIPA, P.L. 106-554)

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Date: May 24, 2001
Creator: Chaikind, Hinda Ripps; Tilson, Sibyl L.; O'Sullivan, Jennifer; Merck, Carolyn L. & Smith, Madeleine T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicaid, SCHIP, and Other Health Provisions in H.R. 5661: Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 (open access)

Medicaid, SCHIP, and Other Health Provisions in H.R. 5661: Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000

This report discusses Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). The report also discusses other major health provisions provisions of H.R. 5661 are incorporated, by reference into H.R. 4577, the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2001.
Date: January 4, 2001
Creator: Hearne, Jean P.; Herz, Elicia J. & Baumrucker, Evelyne P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicare Structure Reform: Background and Options (open access)

Medicare Structure Reform: Background and Options

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Date: July 24, 2001
Creator: O'Sullivan, Jennifer; Chaikind, Hinda Ripps & Tilson, Sibyl L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Summary of the Medicare Regulatory and Contracting Reform Act of 2001 (H.R. 3391) (open access)

Summary of the Medicare Regulatory and Contracting Reform Act of 2001 (H.R. 3391)

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Date: December 3, 2001
Creator: Tilson, Sibyl L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Major Provisions of the Medicare Modernization and Prescription Drug Act of 2002, H.R. 4954, as Passed by the House (open access)

Major Provisions of the Medicare Modernization and Prescription Drug Act of 2002, H.R. 4954, as Passed by the House

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Date: July 5, 2002
Creator: O'Sullivan, Jennifer; Chaikind, Hinda Ripps & Tilson, Sibyl L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicare: Beneficiary Cost-Sharing Under Prescription Drug Legislation (open access)

Medicare: Beneficiary Cost-Sharing Under Prescription Drug Legislation

This report provides an analysis of how the cost-sharing and premium provisions under the Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003 (S. 1) and the Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act of 2003 (H bill would affect the amount that a beneficiary would pay annually for prescription drugs.
Date: July 25, 2003
Creator: Peterson, Chris L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicare: Beneficiary Cost-Sharing Under Proposed Prescription Drug Benefits (open access)

Medicare: Beneficiary Cost-Sharing Under Proposed Prescription Drug Benefits

This report examines these proposals as well as the “Medicare Rx Drug Benefit and Discount Act of 2003,” which was introduced by Representative Charles Rangel, the ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee. Specifically, this report provides background on how the cost-sharing and premium provisions under each bill would affect the amount that a beneficiary pays annually for prescription drugs.
Date: June 17, 2003
Creator: Peterson, Chris L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicare: Beneficiary Cost-Sharing Under Proposed Prescription Drug Benefits (open access)

Medicare: Beneficiary Cost-Sharing Under Proposed Prescription Drug Benefits

This report provides background on how the cost-sharing and premium provisions under each bill would affect the amount that a beneficiary pays annually for prescription drugs. In addition, this report gives examples of how annual cost-sharing would differ for beneficiaries with various levels of total prescription drug spending in 2006 under the plans.
Date: June 26, 2003
Creator: Peterson, Chris L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicare Prescription Drug and Reform Legislation (open access)

Medicare Prescription Drug and Reform Legislation

This report describes the major features of S. 1, as ordered reported, and the measure to be considered by the House Ways and Means Committee, H.R. 2473, as ordered reported.
Date: June 19, 2003
Creator: O'Sullivan, Jennifer; Chaikind, Hinda Ripps; Tilson, Sibyl L.; Boulanger, Jennifer & Morgan, Paulette C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Overview of the Medicare Prescription Drug and Reform Legislation (open access)

Overview of the Medicare Prescription Drug and Reform Legislation

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Date: August 7, 2003
Creator: O'Sullivan, Jennifer; Chaikind, Hinda Ripps; Tilson, Sibyl L.; Boulanger, Jennifer & Morgan, Paulette C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Overview of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (open access)

Overview of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003

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Date: April 21, 2004
Creator: O'Sullivan, Jennifer; Chaikind, Hinda Ripps; Tilson, Sibyl L.; Boulanger, Jennifer & Morgan, Paulette C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicare Prescription Drug Provisions of S.1, as Passed by the Senate, and H.R. 1, as Passed by the House (open access)

Medicare Prescription Drug Provisions of S.1, as Passed by the Senate, and H.R. 1, as Passed by the House

This report discusses differences in the specifics of the prescription drug provisions in S. 1 and H.R. 1 and provides a side-by-side comparison of the Title I provisions of both bills.
Date: July 11, 2003
Creator: O'Sullivan, Jennifer
System: The UNT Digital Library