Overview
Eligibility and Coverage
Aged
Disabled
Number of Beneficiaries
Benefits and Beneficiary Cost Sharing
Part A
Part B
Financing
Hospital Insurance Trust Fund--Income
Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund--Income
Financial Status of Hospital Insurance Trust Fund
Financial Status of Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust
Fund
Comparison of Medicare Lifetime Benefits with Beneficiary
Contributions
Part A Services--Coverage and Payments
Inpatient Hospital Services
Skilled Nursing Facility Services
Home Health Services
Hospice Services
Part B Services--Coverage and Payments
Physicians Services
Services of Nonphysician Practitioners
Clinical Laboratory Services
Durable Medical Equipment and Prosthetics and Orthotics
Hospital Outpatient Department Services
Ambulatory Surgical Center Services
Other Part B Services
End-Stage Renal Disease Services
Coverage
Reimbursement
Medicare+Choice
Selected Issues
Utilization and Quality Control Peer Review Organizations
Secondary Payer
Supplementing Medicare Coverage
Legislative History, 1980-99
CBO Savings and Revenue Estimates for Budget Reconciliation
and Related Acts, 1981-99
Medicare Historical Data
References
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