Medicare : the president's reform proposal / Jennifer O'Sullivan, Madeleine Smith, and Sibyl Tilson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Sullivan, Jennifer, author.

Tilson, Sibyl, author.

Smith, Madeleine, author.

Series:

CRS report for Congress.

CRS report for Congress

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health care reform--United States.

Health care reform.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (24 pages).

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Congressional Research Service, [1999]

Summary:

On June 29, 1999, President Clinton announced the President's Plan to Modernize and Strengthen Medicare for the 21st Century. There was no accompanying legislation incorporating the President's proposal. Administration representatives indicated that they expected to work with the Congress in drafting bill language. The President's plan contained several key components. It would establish a new optional outpatient prescription drug benefit under a newly established Medicare Part D. It would create a new competitive defined benefit (CDB) program that would change the way Medicare+Choice managed care plans are paid. The plan would also make some benefit modifications and provide for the modification and extension of certain policies incorporated in the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA 97). Further, the proposal would incorporate a number of changes in the traditional fee-for-service (FFS) program which are designed to make the program more efficient. This report provides a summary of the President's plan. It will be updated as additional information becomes available.

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