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Medicare Advantage Fact Sheet
This fact sheet provides an overview of the Medicare Advantage program, describes program changes made by the new drug law in plan participation and beneficiary enrollment, presents data on benefits and premiums and explains changes in Medicare payments to participating plans.

Medicare Health and Prescription Drug Plan Tracker
The tracker is an interactive online resource that provides current and historical information about Medicare Advantage and stand-along drug plans at the national, state, regional and country levels. A separate monthly report trackers the latest national data on Medicare Advantage plan participation, enrollment and penetration."

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Medicare Health and Prescription Drug Plans Monthly Tracking Report -- April 2008 -- April 2008
This brief presents current monthly data on Medicare Advantage plan participation, enrollment and penetration.

Low-Income Assistance Under the Medicare Drug Benefit -- February 2008
This fact sheet provides an overview of the Medicare drug benefit and the additional subsidies available to certain eligible low-income beneficiaries.

The Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit - An Updated Fact Sheet -- February 2008
This updated fact sheet includes the latest information and data about the Medicare Drug Benefit, including a breakdown of the standard benefit, updates on additional low-income assistance, and the latest 2007 enrollment data.

Medicare and the President's Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Proposal -- February 2008
This fact sheet summarizes key Medicare-related provisions in the Bush Administration's fiscal year 2009 budget proposal, as well as additional legislation that responses the Medicare Trustees' "Medicare Funding Warning."

The Value of Extra Benefits Offered by Medicare Advantage Plans in 2006 -- January 2008
This report prepared for the Kaiser Family Foundation compares the value of extra benefits provided by private fee-for-service and other types of Medicare Advantage plans in 2006.

Do We Know If Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans Are Special? -- January 2008
This report describes the history of special needs plans, how they fit into the larger Medicare Advantage marketplace, and what information could help assess whether these plans are performing differently from other Medicare Advantage plans.

Medicare Part D 2008 Data Spotlight: The Coverage Gap -- November 2007
This data spotlight examines the coverage gap, or “doughnut hole,” in Medicare drug plans available in 2008. It looks at the available of Part D plans that provide some coverage in the gap, the extent of that coverage, and how such offering have changed over time.

State-Level Medicare Part D Plan and Beneficiary Characteristics -- October 2007
This fact sheet contains 2008 state-specific summary data about available Medicare drug benefit options, including the number of stand-alone plans with gap coverage in the "doughnut hole," and the number of plans available at no cost to qualifying beneficiaries.

Findings from the Kaiser/Commonwealth/Tufts-New England Medical Center 2006 National Survey of Seniors and Prescription Drugs - Chartpack -- August 2007
This chartpack contains key data from the Kaiser/Commonwealth/Tufts-New England Medical Center 2006 National Survey of Seniors and Prescription Drugs. Findings of the survey were published in a Health Affairs Web Exclusive on Aug. 21, 2007.

Medicare Advantage Fact Sheet -- June 2007
This updated fact sheet provides an overview of the Medicare Advantage program, describes program changes made by the new drug law in plan participation and beneficiary enrollment, presents data on benefits and premiums, and explains changes in Medicare payments to participating plans.

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

This fact sheet provides an overview of the Medicare drug benefit and the additional subsidies available to certain eligible low-income beneficiaries.

This updated fact sheet includes the latest information and data about the Medicare Drug Benefit, including a breakdown of the standard benefit, updates on additional low-income assistance, and the latest 2007 enrollment data.

This fact sheet summarizes key Medicare-related provisions in the Bush Administration's fiscal year 2009 budget proposal, as well as additional legislation that responses the Medicare Trustees' "Medicare Funding Warning."

This report prepared for the Kaiser Family Foundation compares the value of extra benefits provided by private fee-for-service and other types of Medicare Advantage plans in 2006.

This report describes the history of special needs plans, how they fit into the larger Medicare Advantage marketplace, and what information could help assess whether these plans are performing differently from other Medicare Advantage plans.

This data spotlight examines the coverage gap, or “doughnut hole,” in Medicare drug plans available in 2008. It looks at the available of Part D plans that provide some coverage in the gap, the extent of that coverage, and how such offering have changed over time.

This fact sheet contains 2008 state-specific summary data about available Medicare drug benefit options, including the number of stand-alone plans with gap coverage in the "doughnut hole," and the number of plans available at no cost to qualifying beneficiaries.

This chartpack contains key data from the Kaiser/Commonwealth/Tufts-New England Medical Center 2006 National Survey of Seniors and Prescription Drugs. Findings of the survey were published in a Health Affairs Web Exclusive on Aug. 21, 2007.

This updated fact sheet provides an overview of the Medicare Advantage program, describes program changes made by the new drug law in plan participation and beneficiary enrollment, presents data on benefits and premiums, and explains changes in Medicare payments to participating plans.

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Medicare Advantage
Medicare provides health benefits to 41 million elderly and disabled Americans. Most (89%) have their health bills paid directly by the traditional fee-for-service program. The remaining 11% are covered by Medicare Advantage (formerly called Medicare+Choice (M+C)).

M+C was established by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 to give beneficiaries the option of enrolling in a variety of private plans including health maintenance organizations (HMOs), preferred provider organizations (PPOs), provider-sponsored organizations (PSOs), private fee-for-service (PFFS) plans, and medical savings accounts (MSAs) coupled with high deductible insurance plans.