- IRA Medicare Part D reforms explained. There is a huge reduction in the government’s contribution to the program that Republicans never talked about.
- Alex and Tyler discuss efficient gift giving.
- A different view of gift giving.
- 6 in 10 Americans have at least one chronic disease.
- Milei is taking his “chain saw” to Argentinian government programs. On the chopping block: the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Women, Gender and Diversity.
Category: Medicare
Monday Links
- James Pethokoukis: the latest numbers confirm that inequality has been exaggerated.
- Study: illegal immigration causes voters to prefer smaller government; and less money for education (with social benefits ) and more law-and-order spending (with private benefits).
- House Republican leader Mike Johnson’s views on how to reform health care.
- Medicare ACOs did not improve mental health outcomes.
- Universal health care in Canada: the health service refuses treatment for cancer and refuses to reimburse the patient for the cost of treatment in the U.S.
- Criticisms of pot legalization do not hold up.
Medicare Advantage is Popular with Seniors, but Not Doctors and Hospitals
Hardly a week goes by but what I read something critical of Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. MA plans have become somewhat politicized with Democrats preferring government-run (traditional) Medicare, while Republicans like the idea of competition among private plans. Here is the thing that critics forget: MA plans are popular with seniors. They are growing and now cover more than half of all people enrolled in Medicare, about 31 million seniors and disabled individuals.
Saturday Links
- What the left and right are coming to agree on: Obamacare is encouraging consolidation and that is bad for patients.
- New study: If you count all welfare spending as income in kind to poor families, the real poverty rate is only 1.6%.
- FDA: A treatment for cancer may cause cancer.
- Avalere study: For patients in traditional Medicare use of skilled nursing homes was 12% higher and hospital inpatient care was 37% higher than for Medicare Advantage patients.
If all Medicare beneficiaries were in Medicare Advantage, the hospital trust fund would remain solvent until 2048.