tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2003 Issue 10

Medicare Private Plans: BUSH WANTS FEHBP ANALOGUE, COMPETITIVE MEDICARE+CHOICE

Beneficiaries willing to leave traditional Medicare and join a private plan would have two options available under the proposal offered March 3 by President George Bush, which the White House says will cost $400 billion over ten years. In “Enhanced Medicare,” geared toward loosely managed plans such as preferred provider organizations and private FFS plans, seniors would “receive a choice of plans similar to those offered to federal employees and members of Congress through the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program ... regardless of where they live,” according to the White House. A new Medicare Center for...

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