The Affordable Care Act and Medicare: how the law is changing the program and the challenges that remain

The Affordable Care Act and Medicare: how the law is changing the program and the challenges that remain

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Author(s):
Davis, Karen, author
Guterman, Stuart, author
Bandeali, Farhan, author
Contributor(s):
Commonwealth Fund, issuing body.
Publication:
New York, NY : Commonwealth Fund, June 2015
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Health Care Reform -- legislation & jurisprudence
Health Services Needs and Demand -- trends
Medicare -- legislation & jurisprudence
United States
United States.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (U.S.)
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
This second report in the series Medicare at 50 Years describes how the Affordable Care Act is strengthening the program for current and future beneficiaries and outlines the major challenges that policymakers have yet to confront. By starting to move Medicare away from fee-for-service payment and holding health care providers more accountable for both the quality and total cost of care, certain ACA reforms--most notably the new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation--have the potential to reshape not just the Medicare program but the entire U.S. health care system, the authors say. But the rapid influx of new beneficiaries as the postwar generation retires will necessitate further changes to Medicare, as total program outlays will likely outpace growth in the economy. Another challenge is Medicare's complex and fragmented benefit package, which as currently configured is inadequate for meeting the financial and health care needs of future beneficiaries.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (23 pages))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
101661736 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101661736