tci Part B Insider - 2003 Issue 6

MEDICARE REFORM: Is The Bush Medicare Reform Plan DOA?

Nobody ever accused fee-for-service Medicare of being simple, but you might find yourself pining for its clear-cut rules if the Bush Administration's Medicare plan comes to pass. The Bush plan would split Medicare into three separate prongs, among which seniors would have to choose: traditional Medicare, the current fee-for-service program; enhanced Medicare, similar to the Federal Employees Health Benefit System; and Medicare advantage, similar to the current Medicare+Choice program. Critics say the complexity of these three choices would baffle seniors. They predict a low rate of selection for the two alternatives to traditional Medicare, just as Medicare+Choice failed to...

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