Tag: health insurance
Medicaid serves millions of low-income Americans, many of them elderly. Federal spending on this program now approaches the dollars spent on Medicare, the primary health care program covering virtually all Americans over 65. Many people confuse the two programs, or cast Medicaid as a program strictly for the poor. Many are unaware of the financia…
The brief’s key findings are: Workers with employer health insurance may be reluctant to leave their job, a situation known as “job lock.” This study assesses whether public health insurance – specifically, the Medicare Part D drug benefit introduced in 2006 – allows people to leave a job. The analysis focuses on a small segment…
