Kaiser Family Foundation Resources on Deficit-Reduction Debate
These Foundation resources shed light on how the ongoing national debate about deficit reduction may affect Medicare, Medicaid and other health-care programs. These resources include analysis of specific savings proposals, polling on the public’s views of deficit-reduction options, summaries and comparisons of relevant elements of major deficit-reduction plans, and explanatory briefs and backgrounders describing key issues related to the debate.
Drew Altman: The News Media and Entitlement Reform
Medicare-Specific Analysis
Policy Options to Sustain Medicare for the Future
The Budget Control Act of 2011: Implications for Medicare
Transforming Medicare into a Premium Support System: Implications for Beneficiary Premiums
Raising the Age of Medicare Eligibility: A Fresh Look Following Implementation of Health Reform
Restructuring Medicare’s Benefit Design: Implications for Beneficiaries and Spending
Income-Relating Medicare Part B and Part D Premiums Under Current Law and Recent Proposals: What are the Implications for Beneficiaries?
Medigap Reforms: Potential Effects of Benefit Restrictions on Medicare Spending and Beneficiary Costs
Comparison of Medicare Premium Support Proposals
Comparison of Medicare Provisions in Deficit and Debt Reduction Proposals
Medicaid-Specific Analysis
Medicaid Provider Taxes and Federal Deficit Reduction Efforts
National and State-By-State Impact of the 2012 House Republican Budget Plan for Medicaid
The Budget Control Act of 2011: Implications for MedicareMedicaid and the Budget Control Act: What Options Will Be Considered?
Comparison of Medicaid Provisions in Deficit-Reduction Proposals
State Fiscal Conditions and Medicaid
Health Reform
The Budget Trigger and Health Reform
Public Opinion
September 2012 Kaiser Health Tracking Poll
Polling on Medicare Premium Support Systems Over Time
Seniors and the 2012 Presidential Election
Additional Background Information
Briefing: Health Care on the Brink of the Fiscal Cliff
The Nuts and Bolts of Medicare Premium Support Proposals
Medigap Reform: Setting the Context
The Independent Payment Advisory Board: A New Approach to Controlling Medicare Spending
Data Spotlights Examine Financial Burden of Health Care on Medicare Beneficiaries
Implications Of A Federal Block Grant Program For Medicaid
Why Does Medicaid Spending Vary Across States: A Chartbook of Factors Driving State Spending