In counties with the highest Black population shares, findings suggest Medicare Advantage plans try to appeal to prospective enrollees by competing on affordability and supplemental benefits but not on quality.
Establishing accountability mechanisms could help expose racial discrimination and point toward reforms to address health care inequities. Watch a recording from the symposium, Unequal Treatment at 20, to learn more.
Amid high inflation, the share of adults ages 18 to 64 reporting household food insecurity in the past year increased from 20.0 percent to 24.6 percent between December 2021 and December 2022.
Though it's the newest and most comprehensive source of Medicaid claims data, the Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System Analytic Files (TAF) data quality still needs to improve its race and ethnicity information.
Researchers estimate the effects and costs of two national policies that would limit the financial burdens of premiums for Part B and Part D faced by Medicare enrollees with low incomes.
Incorporating a method for estimating Medicaid’s best price provision into the total rebate calculation increases the accuracy of estimates for prescription drug price discounts and both Medicaid and non-Medicaid net prices.
