TITLE

Medicare: the end of an era?

AUTHOR(S)
Scott, Jeanne Schulte
PUB. DATE
November 2003
SOURCE
hfm (Healthcare Financial Management);Nov2003, Vol. 57 Issue 11, p30
SOURCE TYPE
Academic Journal
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Comments on legislative proposals to reform Medicare in the U.S. Provision on competition between traditional fee-for-service Medicare and alternative private Medicare managed care plans; Shortcomings of the traditional Medicare model; Proposed changes in Medicare eligibility.
ACCESSION #
11398633

Tags: MEDICARE -- Law & legislation;  HEALTH care reform

 

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