Who benefits from increasing health insurance subsidies: patients or providers?

Who benefits from increasing health insurance subsidies: patients or providers?

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Series Title(s):
SIEPR policy brief
Author(s):
Cabral, Marika, author
Contributor(s):
Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, issuing body.
Publication:
Stanford, CA : Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), March 2019
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Financing, Government
Medicare Part C -- economics
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
Key Takeaways. (1) Medicare Advantage (MA) plans cover nearly 20 million people--about 34 percent of the Medicare beneficiary population. (2) Roughly half of MA subsidy increases are passed on to beneficiaries in the form of lower premiums or improved benefits. (3) Pass-through of subsidy payments to MA beneficiaries varies greatly, ranging from 13 percent in the least competitive markets to 74 percent in the most competitive. (4) As many MA markets are highly concentrated, limited pass-through of subsidies is a pressing concern for seniors who depend on Medicare for health care coverage.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (4 pages))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
101772290 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101772290