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Medicare Spending on HMOs and Stand-Alone Drug Plans: What is it Worth to Beneficiaries?

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November 2008
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What are the costs and benefits of supporting private Medicare health insurance plans? Steven D. Pizer, Ph.D., and colleagues examined how well stand-alone prescription drug plans and increased payments to HMOs improved the welfare of Medicare beneficiaries per dollar of additional federal spending. They found that the stand-alone prescription drug plans generate more value per government dollar. Learn more in the HCFO Findings Brief.

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