TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparing Spending Across Medicare Programs
AU - Miller, Brian J.
AU - Parente, Stephen T.
AU - Wilensky, Gail R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022/12
Y1 - 2022/12
N2 - As Medicare Advantage increasingly becomes the dominant form of Medicare, meaningful and accurate comparisons with traditional fee-for-service Medicare will be increasingly important for both beneficiaries and policy makers. Recent debate among policy experts, government advisory bodies, and health plans highlights the need to create standardized comparison between the 2 Medicare programs. Supplemental benefits, Part B cost-sharing differences, and prescription drug benefits should be valued with a series of structured comparisons. Making this information transparent to beneficiaries through the plan finder would improve beneficiary decision-making. Finally, pragmatic comparisons would support policy makers in making improvements to Medicare Advantage program policy, undertaking comparative program evaluation, and engaging in Medigap plan oversight.
AB - As Medicare Advantage increasingly becomes the dominant form of Medicare, meaningful and accurate comparisons with traditional fee-for-service Medicare will be increasingly important for both beneficiaries and policy makers. Recent debate among policy experts, government advisory bodies, and health plans highlights the need to create standardized comparison between the 2 Medicare programs. Supplemental benefits, Part B cost-sharing differences, and prescription drug benefits should be valued with a series of structured comparisons. Making this information transparent to beneficiaries through the plan finder would improve beneficiary decision-making. Finally, pragmatic comparisons would support policy makers in making improvements to Medicare Advantage program policy, undertaking comparative program evaluation, and engaging in Medigap plan oversight.
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U2 - 10.37765/ajmc.2022.89213
DO - 10.37765/ajmc.2022.89213
M3 - Review article
C2 - 36525656
AN - SCOPUS:85143754705
SN - 1088-0224
VL - 28
SP - 635
EP - 637
JO - American Journal of Managed Care
JF - American Journal of Managed Care
IS - 12
ER -