Publications and Reports
Reforming Medicare's Benefit Package: Impact on Beneficiary Expenditures
Analyzes how beneficiary cost burdens would change under various options to expand Medicare's benefits.
The Commonwealth Fund and the Urban Institute, May 2001.
Growth in Medicare and Out-of-Pocket Spending: Impact on Vulnerable Beneficiaries
This paper is part of a series, sponsored by The Commonwealth Fund, addressing the out-of-pocket burdens facing Medicare beneficiaries in the future.
Urban Institute, December 2000.
Health Coverage and Access: Policy Issues For Women
Reviews key health coverage and access concerns facing American women.
Kaiser Family Foundation, April 2000.
Retiring Together or Working Alone: The Impact of Spousal Employment and Disability on Retirement Decisions
Examines the retirement decisions of husbands and wives and how they interact with spousal health and employment status, using recent, nationally representative data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS).
Urban Institute, March 2001.
Designing a Medicare Drug Benefit: Whose Needs Will Be Met?
This study examines Medicare beneficiaries' relative needs for prescription drug coverage.
The Commonwealth Fund, December 2000.
Strengthening Social Security for Women -- A Report from the Working Conference on Women and Social Security
This report documents the Working Conference on Women and Social Security and presents possible proposals for a women's agenda for Social Security reform.
Institute for Women's Policy Research, July 1999.
Fact Sheet: Medicare and Women
From the "Faces of Medicare" series, this fact sheet provides information on women, who constitute over 56 percent of Medicare beneficiaries but nearly 70 percent of Medicare's poor.
Kaiser Family Foundation, July 1999.
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