Redesigning Medicare: Considerations for Rural Beneficiaries and Health Systems

Redesigning the Medicare Program: An Opportunity to Improve Rural Health Care Systems? (Cover Image)

View report The enactment of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA) dramatically changed the context for discussions of Medicare policy. Two major pathways for discussion were identified: Appropriate and equitable payment for services, either through traditional fee-for service (FFS) Medicare payments or through Medicare+Choice monthly premiums; and Appropriate and necessary changes to the program …