Download or read book Private Health Insurance Coverage of the Medicare Population written by Gail Lee Cafferata and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Care Without Coverage written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2002-06-20 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many Americans believe that people who lack health insurance somehow get the care they really need. Care Without Coverage examines the real consequences for adults who lack health insurance. The study presents findings in the areas of prevention and screening, cancer, chronic illness, hospital-based care, and general health status. The committee looked at the consequences of being uninsured for people suffering from cancer, diabetes, HIV infection and AIDS, heart and kidney disease, mental illness, traumatic injuries, and heart attacks. It focused on the roughly 30 million-one in seven-working-age Americans without health insurance. This group does not include the population over 65 that is covered by Medicare or the nearly 10 million children who are uninsured in this country. The main findings of the report are that working-age Americans without health insurance are more likely to receive too little medical care and receive it too late; be sicker and die sooner; and receive poorer care when they are in the hospital, even for acute situations like a motor vehicle crash.
Download or read book Private Health Insurance Coverage of the Medicare Population and the Baucus Legislation written by Gail Lee Cafferata and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Supplemental Health Insurance Coverage Among Aged Medicare Beneficiaries written by Steven A. Garfinkel and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Coverage Matters written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2001-10-27 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roughly 40 million Americans have no health insurance, private or public, and the number has grown steadily over the past 25 years. Who are these children, women, and men, and why do they lack coverage for essential health care services? How does the system of insurance coverage in the U.S. operate, and where does it fail? The first of six Institute of Medicine reports that will examine in detail the consequences of having a large uninsured population, Coverage Matters: Insurance and Health Care, explores the myths and realities of who is uninsured, identifies social, economic, and policy factors that contribute to the situation, and describes the likelihood faced by members of various population groups of being uninsured. It serves as a guide to a broad range of issues related to the lack of insurance coverage in America and provides background data of use to policy makers and health services researchers.
Download or read book Private Health Insurance Coverage of the Medicare Population written by Gail Lee Cafferata and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Health Insurance is a Family Matter written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2002-09-18 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Health Insurance is a Family Matter is the third of a series of six reports on the problems of uninsurance in the United Sates and addresses the impact on the family of not having health insurance. The book demonstrates that having one or more uninsured members in a family can have adverse consequences for everyone in the household and that the financial, physical, and emotional well-being of all members of a family may be adversely affected if any family member lacks coverage. It concludes with the finding that uninsured children have worse access to and use fewer health care services than children with insurance, including important preventive services that can have beneficial long-term effects.
Download or read book Supplemental Health Insurance Coverage Among Aged Medicare Beneficiaries written by Steven A. Garfinkel and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Health Services Utilization in the U S Population by Health Insurance Coverage written by Steven A. Garfinkel and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Private Health Insurance Coverage of the Medicare Population and the Baucus Legislation written by Gail Lee Cafferata and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Health Care Utilization as a Proxy in Disability Determination written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2018-04-02 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Social Security Administration (SSA) administers two programs that provide benefits based on disability: the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program and the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program. This report analyzes health care utilizations as they relate to impairment severity and SSA's definition of disability. Health Care Utilization as a Proxy in Disability Determination identifies types of utilizations that might be good proxies for "listing-level" severity; that is, what represents an impairment, or combination of impairments, that are severe enough to prevent a person from doing any gainful activity, regardless of age, education, or work experience.
Download or read book The Medicare Handbook written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Long term Determinants of Supplemental Health Insurance Coverage in the Medicare Population written by Lee A. Lillard and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Medicare program provides health insurance coverage for virtually all elderly Americans. However, the program does not cover some important types of medical services, including prescription drugs, dental services and most long-term care. Expenditures for these services, as well as the copayments and deductibles under the Medicare program, may result in significant out-of-pocket expenditures for the elderly. As a result, many have private insurance to supplement Medicare. Using data from a new data source, the 1990 Health Supplement to the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, this paper examines the determinants of private insurance coverage among the elderly. Among economic factors, wealth is the most important in the decision to purchase private insurance among the elderly. Controlling for economic factors, blacks, persons with less education and unmarried women are less likely to purchase insurance to supplement Medicare. Despite the potential for adverse selection, there is no evidence that persons in prior poor health are more likely to purchase supplemental insurance. Among elderly persons who have supplemental insurance through employment-based sources, the primary determinant of having insurance is work history. The probability of holding employer-provided insurance increases with job tenure and is related to prior occupation. The primary determinant of whether a private policy covers prescription drugs or dental care, two important excluded services under Medicare, is that the source of the insurance was an employer. The current trend among employers toward decreased generosity of post-retirement health benefits implies that fewer older Americans will have insurance coverage for these services.
Download or read book Private Health Insurance written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book National Medical Care Utilization and Expenditure Survey written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Improving the Medicare Market written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1996-12-01 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medicare beneficiaries are rapidly moving into managed care, as attempts to restrain the growth of this costly entitlement program progress. However, advocates for patients question whether the necessary information and structures are in place to enable Medicare consumers to select wisely among private-sector managed care options. Improving the Medicare Market examines how to give Medicare beneficiaries the same choice of health plan options enjoyed in the private sectorâ€"yet protect them as consumers and patients. This book recommends approaches to ensuring accountability and informed purchasing for Medicare beneficiaries in an environment of broader choice and managed careâ€"how the government should evaluate and approve plans, what role the traditional Medicare program should play, how to help to elderly understand their options, and many other practical matters. The committee discusses the information requirements of Medicare beneficiaries and explores in detail how best to respond to their special needs. And it examines the procedures that should be developed to provide the necessary protections for the elderly in a managed care system.
Download or read book Selected Options for Expanding Health Insurance Coverage written by Laban Jackson Rodgers and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
