Medicare Advantage: Early Views and Trendspotting 5/19/2006
Alliance for Health Reform and Commonwealth Fund, Washington, D.C.
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The Alliance for Health Reform and Commonwealth Fund host this briefing on the Medicare managed care program, Medicare Advantage. These questions and others are discussed: Is the Medicare Advantage program now growing again after a period of declining enrollment? How do beneficiary costs in Medicare Advantage compare to costs for beneficiaries in the traditional fee-for-service program? Are the payments provided under the 2003 law being used to offer more comprehensive coverage for prescription drugs and other health benefits?
For more information, please visit the Alliance's briefing Web site.
Moderator:
- Ed Howard, executive vice president, Alliance for Health Reform
Panelists:
- Abby Block, director of the Center for Beneficiary Choices, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Brian Biles, M.D., M.P.H., professor, Department of Health Policy, George Washington University
- Karen Ignagni, president and CEO, America's Health Insurance Plans
- Marsha Gold, senior fellow, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
- Stuart Guterman, senior program director, Program on Medicare's Future, Commonwealth Fund
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