Medicaid/Medicare

Reports

• Medicare Advantage 2010 Data Spotlight: Benefits and Cost-Sharing (Kaiser Family Foundation; February 2010)
• Medicaid and Managed Care: Key Data, Trends, and Issues (Kaiser Family Foundation; February 2010)
• Setting Medicare Payment Policy: Is There a Role for an Independent Entity? (Kaiser Family Foundation; October 2009)
• The Evolution of Medicare..From Idea to Law (Corning)
• Medicare: A History of Provisions (SSA; 2000)

News and Magazine Articles

• An Actuarial Rorschach Test (Altman, Levitt, and Claxton; February 2010)
• Medicare Doctor Shortage Endangers Seniors' Access to Care (Patterson; National Center for Public Policy Research; February 2010)

Journal Articles

• How the Medicare Part D Drug Benefit Changed the Distribution of Out-of-Pocket Pharmacy Spending Among Older Beneficiaries(Zhang, Lave, Newhouse,and Donohue; The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences; 2009)
• Urban–Rural Differences in the Effect of a Medicare Health Promotion and Disease Self-Management Program on Physical Function and Health Care Expenditures (Meng, Wamsley, Liebel, Dixon, Eggert, and Nostrand; The Gerontologist; 2009)
• Take-up of Medicare Part D: Results From the Health and Retirement Study (Levy and Weir;The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences; 2009)
• Medicaid Nursing Home Pay for Performance: Where Do We Stand? (Arling, Job, and Cooke; The Gerontologist; 2009)

Congressional Records

• Medicare Physician Fairness Act of 2009
• Legislative History: Vote Tallies for Passage of Medicare in 1965 (SSA)
• Catch Me If You Can: Solutions To STOP Medicare and Medicaid Fraud From Hurting Seniors and Taxpayers (U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging; 2009)
• 1-800 Medicare: It's Time for a Check-Up (U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging; 2008)
• Seniors at Risk: Improving Medicare for Our Most Vulnerable (U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging; 2008

Websites

• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS; ongoing)
• Medicare Resources (SSA; ongoing)
• Medicare Articles from Kaiser Health News (KHN; ongoing)
• Medicaid Articles from Kaiser Health News (KHN; ongoing)
• Insurance and Medicare Resources (AARP; ongoing)