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Chartbook Examines Medicare's Current Fiscal Challenges
Incorporating data from the 2009 Medicare Trustees' Report, this chartpack examine the fiscal challenges facing the Medicare program as well as the public's views on confronting them.

Resources on the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit
A collection of reports, fact sheets, surveys, and other research and background material on the Medicare program's new drug benefit and other provisions of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003.

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Tutorial: Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit -- June 2009

This tutorial provides an overview of the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit, which was added to Medicare through the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 and implemented in 2006.

Pulling it Together: Last Week's Health Reform "Shocker" -- June 2009
In the latest column from "Pulling It Together, From Drew Altman," the Kaiser Family Foundation’s President and CEO

Tutorial: Medicare 101 -- June 2009

This tutorial provides a basic overview of the Medicare program.

Medicare Prescription Drug Plans in 2009 and Key Changes Since 2006: Summary of Findings -- June 2009
This report summarizes findings from a series of Medicare Part D 2009 Data Spotlights documenting changes in drug coverage and costs since 2006 and finds, in many ways, beneficiaries over time are paying more for less generous benefits.

Medicare Part D 2009 Data Spotlight: Ten Most Common Brand-Name Drugs -- June 2009
This Data Spotlight focuses on Part D plan coverage of the ten brand-name drugs that were most commonly prescribed for Medicare beneficiaries in 2006 and lack generic equivalents in 2009.

Medicare Part D 2009 Data Spotlight: Specialty Tiers -- June 2009
This Data Spotlight examines use of the specialty tier in Medicare Part D drug plans, including the numbers and kinds of drugs included on specialty tiers and what beneficiaries pay for those drugs.

Medicare's Role for Women -- June 2009
This fact sheet examines the demographic profile of women on Medicare, including their health and income status, the program's benefits and cost-sharing requirements, and the prevalence of supplemental coverage to fill gaps in Medicare’s coverage.

Medicare Health and Prescription Drug Plans Monthly Tracking Report — May 2009 -- May 2009
This brief presents current monthly data on Medicare Advantage plan participation, enrollment and penetration.

Alliance for Health Reform Webcasts 2 -- May 2009

This page features Alliance for Health Reform webcasts from 2009.

The Social Security COLA and Medicare Part B Premium: Questions, Answers, and Issues -- May 2009
This brief explains how the lack of a cost-of-living increase for Social Security recipients in 2010, and no or low increases through 2012, will affect beneficiaries' monthly premiums for Medicare Part B, as well as the implications for the Medicare and Medicaid programs.

This tutorial provides an overview of the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit, which was added to Medicare through the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 and implemented in 2006.

In the latest column from "Pulling It Together, From Drew Altman," the Kaiser Family Foundation’s President and CEO

This tutorial provides a basic overview of the Medicare program.

This report summarizes findings from a series of Medicare Part D 2009 Data Spotlights documenting changes in drug coverage and costs since 2006 and finds, in many ways, beneficiaries over time are paying more for less generous benefits.

This Data Spotlight focuses on Part D plan coverage of the ten brand-name drugs that were most commonly prescribed for Medicare beneficiaries in 2006 and lack generic equivalents in 2009.

This Data Spotlight examines use of the specialty tier in Medicare Part D drug plans, including the numbers and kinds of drugs included on specialty tiers and what beneficiaries pay for those drugs.

This fact sheet examines the demographic profile of women on Medicare, including their health and income status, the program's benefits and cost-sharing requirements, and the prevalence of supplemental coverage to fill gaps in Medicare’s coverage.

This brief presents current monthly data on Medicare Advantage plan participation, enrollment and penetration.

This page features Alliance for Health Reform webcasts from 2009.

This brief explains how the lack of a cost-of-living increase for Social Security recipients in 2010, and no or low increases through 2012, will affect beneficiaries' monthly premiums for Medicare Part B, as well as the implications for the Medicare and Medicaid programs.

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Medicare

Medicare, the federal health insurance program that covers 45 million Americans, has played a central role in the U.S. health system since it was established in 1965. Medicare serves all eligible beneficiaries without regard to income or medical history. Most individuals ages 65 and over are automatically entitled to Medicare Part A (the Hospital Insurance Program) if they or their spouse are eligible for Social Security payments. People under 65 who receive Social Security cash payments due to a disability generally become eligible for Medicare after a two-year waiting period. People with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, Lou Gehrig’s disease) are entitled to Part A regardless of their age. Part B (the Supplementary Medical Insurance Program) is voluntary, but covers 95% of all Part A beneficiaries.