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Medicare Provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)

Description: This report, one of a series of CRS products on PPACA and the Reconciliation Act, examines the Medicare related provisions in these Acts. Estimates from CBO on PPACA and the Reconciliation Act indicate that net reductions in Medicare direct spending will reach approximately $390 billion from FY2010 to FY2019.
Date: May 27, 2010
Creator: Davis, Patricia A.; Hahn, Jim; Morgan, Paulette C.; Stone, Julie & Tilson, Sibyl
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Long-Term Care (LTC): Financing Overview and Issues for Congress

Description: This report provides an overview of long-term care (LTC) and an explanation of the nation’s complex financing system of public and private payers. It also describes some of the major challenges facing Congress as it contemplates LTC reform and whether and how to include LTC in health reform legislation.
Date: February 1, 2010
Creator: Stone, Julie
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Medicare: FY2007 Budget Issues

Description: This report discusses President's budget request to Congress for Medicare, for the following federal fiscal year, along with projections for the five-year budget window. The President’s 2007 budget includes Medicare legislative proposals for Part A (Hospital Insurance) and Part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) spending with estimated savings of $2.5 billion in 2007 and $35.9 billion over the five-year budget window.
Date: March 31, 2006
Creator: Chaikind, Hinda; Morgan, Paulette C.; O'Shaughnessy, Carol; O'Sullivan, Jennifer; Stone, Julie & Tilson, Sibyl
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Health Insurance for Displaced Workers

Description: This report discusses enacted legislation as well as other proposed bills to show the scope of options considered by the 107th Congress. Many of these approaches will likely be considered again by the 108th Congress as it deals with issues raised by the legislation, including affordability, populations impacted, gaps in coverage and state participation.
Date: January 24, 2003
Creator: Stone, Julie; Chaikind, Hinda Ripps; Hearne, Jean & Yacker, Heidi G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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How Medicaid Works: Program Basics

Description: This report summarizes the basic elements of Medicaid, and includes the most recent data available.
Date: January 4, 2006
Creator: Herz, Elicia J.; Hearne, Jean; Stone, Julie; Tritz, Karen; Baumrucker, Evelyne P.; Scott, Christine et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Medicare Primer

Description: This report provides an overview of Medicare, the nation's federal insurance program, which pays for covered health care services of qualified beneficiaries.
Date: March 10, 2009
Creator: Chaikind, Hinda; Tilson, Sibyl; Morgan, Paulette C.; Hahn, Jim; Stockdale, Holly; Davis, Patricia A. et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Budget Reconciliation FY2006: Medicaid, Medicare, and State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) Provisions

Description: This report provides information about the Budget Reconciliation FY2006. It proposed changes to Medicaid, Medicare, and State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) .
Date: January 26, 2006
Creator: Baumrucker, Evelyne P.; Chaikind, Hinda; Grady, April; Hahn, Jim; Hearne, Jean; Lyke, Bob et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Budget Reconciliation FY2006: Medicaid, Medicare, and State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) Provisions

Description: This report provides information about the Budget Reconciliation FY2006. It proposed changes to Medicaid, Medicare, and State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).
Date: December 1, 2005
Creator: Baumrucker, Evelyne P.; Chaikind, Hinda; Grady, April; Hahn, Jim; Hearne, Jean; Lyke, Bob et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Provisions in Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. 3962)

Description: This report summarizes the major provisions affecting Medicaid and CHIP in H.R. 3962 (as passed), including modifications made by the manager's amendment. The report focuses on provisions in Division B, Title VII--Medicaid and CHIP, plus selected provisions in Title IX--Miscellaneous Provisions. It also describes selected sections of Titles I and II of Division D, the Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 2009, related to improving access to Medicaid and CHIP for American Indians and… more
Date: November 10, 2009
Creator: Herz, Elicia J.; Baumrucker, Evelyne P.; Binder, Cliff; Stone, Julie; Heisler, Elayne J. & Hoffman, Geoffrey
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Medicare's Hospice Benefit

Description: This report discusses Medicare's hospice benefit, which was provides care that specializes in the relief of the pain and symptoms associated with a terminal illness and the provision of supportive and counseling services to patients and their families during the final stages of a patient's illness and death.
Date: March 9, 2009
Creator: Stone, Julie
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Provisions in PPACA: Summary and Timeline

Description: This document details the changes to Medicaid and CHIP due to measures that were passed known as the health care reform law. These changes are the most significant changes since the start of the programs. A relevant timeline and summary are provided in the document.
Date: August 19, 2010
Creator: Stone, Julie; Baumrucker, Evelyne P.; Binder, Cliff; Herz, Elicia J. & Rothenburger, Alexandra J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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