- Title
- Options for change under Medicare: impact of a cap on catastrophic illness expense.
- First Author
- Gornick, Marian
- Date of Pub
- 1983 Fall
- Pages
- 33-43
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 1
- Other Authors
- Beebe, James C; Prihoda, Ronald
- Abstract
- This study analyzes the total deductibles and coinsurance Medicare beneficiaries accrued in 1980. The study shows that Part B services accounted for 70 percent of all liability and Part A for 30 percent. Only 21 percent of enrollees exceeded $270 in liability from Part A and Part B combined. In 1980, if every enrollee had paid a surcharge of about $70, all liability over $270 could have been capped--without any additional program outlays. Similarly, projections for 1984 indicate that a surcharge of $98 could cap all liability over $800. For Part B alone, a surcharge of $113 could cover all liability over $200.
- Abstract Continued
- N/A
- MeSH
- Deductibles and Coinsurance : Catastrophic Illness/economics : Costs and Cost Analysis : Medicare/economics : Rate Setting and Review/economics : United States
- NTIS Number
- PB84-125715
