Medicare Policy and Reform: Coverage, Costs, and Program Integrity

$125.00

Frances Dominguez (Editor)

Series: Public Health in the 21st Century
BISAC: POL028000; MED036000; POL027000

This volume offers a comprehensive and up-to-date examination of Medicare, one of the most critical pillars of the U.S. healthcare system. The book explores key policy issues, coverage trends, fiscal challenges, and reform proposals shaping the future of the program.

Chapters address the structure and enrollment of Medicare Part B, the impact of budget sequestration, and the growing importance of Medigap coverage. In addition, the volume includes in-depth analysis of Medicare’s financial sustainability, efforts to enhance program integrity, and recent legislative proposals aimed at ensuring long-term solvency by adjusting the tax burden on higher-income Americans.

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Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1. Medicare Overview
Paulette C. Morgan and Phoenix Voorhies

Chapter 2. Medicare Coverage: Background and Resources
Paulette C. Morgan and Michele L. Malloy

Chapter 3. Medicare Part B: Enrollment and Premiums
Paulette C. Morgan

Chapter 4. Medicare and Budget Sequestration
Ryan J. Rosso

Chapter 5. Medicare Forever: Protecting Seniors by Making the Wealthy Pay Their Fair Share
Committee on the Budget

Chapter 6. Medicare and Medicaid: Additional Actions Needed to Enhance Program Integrity and Save Billions
Statement of Gene L. Dodaro

Chapter 7. Medigap: Background and Statistics
Michele L. Malloy

Index

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