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The Story of Medicare: A Timeline
With Washington considering changes to Medicare to reduce the federal deficit, a new video from the Kaiser Family Foundation highlights the Medicare program’s evolution from its creation to the current day.

Resources on Medicare’s Role in the Debt-Reduction Debate
A number of Foundation reports analyze potential Medicare savings proposals such as raising Medicare's eligibility age, requiring relatively affluent beneficiaries to pay more and revamping Medicare's cost-sharing structure. All these and more are available from this resource page.

Study Highlights Role of Geography and Plan Shopping Under Medicare Premium Support System
This new study illustrates why geography would matter for Medicare beneficiaries under a premium support system that relies on a competitive bidding process envisioned under several key Medicare reform proposals. Other Foundation resources include a side-by-side comparison, an explainer about the premium support concept, and recent polling data.

Resources For 2013 Medicare Open Enrollment Period
With Medicare’s open enrollment period running from October 15 to December 7, a new national survey finds that nearly one in four seniors say they are unaware of the annual opportunity to review and change their Medicare coverage. The Foundation also has new data spotlights on Medicare's 2013 prescription drug plan options, an updated fact sheet and an online consumer guide to Medicare.

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Visualizing Health Policy: Health Coverage Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) -- December 2012

The Story of Medicare A Timeline -- December 2012

The Story of Medicare: A Timeline -- December 2012

Raising Medicare's Eligibility Age: A Complex Proposition -- December 2012

Washington's Managed FFS Demonstration to Integrate Care and Align Financing for Dual Eligible Beneficiaries -- December 2012

Massachusetts and Washington: Financial Alignment Demonstrations for Dual Eligible Beneficiaries Compared -- December 2012

Medicare Advantage 2013 Spotlight: Plan Availability and Premiums -- December 2012

Medicare Advantage Fact Sheet -- November 2012

Pulling It Together: The News Media and "Entitlement Reform" -- November 2012

Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plan Availability in 2013 -- November 2012

This infographic explains how people can get health coverage beginning in 2014.

With Washington considering changes to Medicare to reduce the federal deficit, a new video from the Kaiser Family Foundation highlights the Medicare program’s evolution from its origins to the current day.

The Alliance for Health Reform and the Kaiser Family Foundation present a briefing to discuss the complexities of raising the age for Medicare eligibility. Speakers address questions on how this proposed change may affect beneficiaries, employers, and the workforce, as well as the cost and coverage implications for those on Medicare today or approaching the current age of eligibility.

This policy brief describes key aspects of Washington state's memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to test a managed fee-for-service (FFS) financial alignment model for beneficiaries who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, beginning on April 1, 2013.

This fact sheet compares five-year demonstrations in Massachusetts and Washington state to integrate care and align financing for people dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid. The states finalized memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in fall 2012.

This data spotlight report examines trends in the Medicare Advantage marketplace, including the choices available to Medicare beneficiaries in 2013, premium levels and other plan features.

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.

In his latest Pulling It Together column, Kaiser Family Foundation President Drew Altman discusses why news organizations should avoid using the label "entitlement reform" in covering the reduction debate.

This fact sheet contains 2013 state-specific summary data about available Medicare drug benefit options.

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Medicare

Medicare, the federal health insurance program that covers 48 million elderly and disabled Americans, has played a central role in the U.S. health system since it was established in 1965. Individuals become eligible for Medicare when they reach age 65, if they or their spouse made payroll tax contributions for 10 or more years. People under age 65 qualify for Medicare after 24 months of receiving Social Security Disability payments, or if they have end-stage renal disease or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s disease).