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WEEK 2: CASE STUDY OVERVIEW Complete the Week 2 Case Study Overview

Solving the Medicare Crisis You are chief of staff to your brother-in-law, Representative Howard Hughes, who was recently elected to fill out a term in Congress. He has been asked to participate in a panel discussion on the Medicare funding crisis.

You have been asked to prepare a paper for him. The panel is asked to respond to a proposal for reducing Medicare expenditures by adding Part X to the current Part A - Hospital coverage, Part B - Outpatient coverage, Part C - Managed care, and Part D - Prescription drug coverage. What would Medicare Part X contain? Key Questions The following key questions must be addressed in the paper.

• Define the coverage element(s) for the proposed Medicare Part X. • Provide detailed explanations of costs and benefits and related economic principles to support the proposed Medicare Part X.

• Identify how the proposed Medicare Part X will be funded. • Include a section entitled "Contingency Planning" on how your Medicare Part X recommendation(s) would or would not change if a new federal law was passed that required all individuals over age 65 to purchase long-term care insurance for assisted-living and nursing home (i.e., skilled nursing facility) services.

Be sure to include rationale and justification. Your congressperson wants to appear intelligent. Do not be afraid to refer to economic theory or theories of distributive justice. Details

• Prepare a written response to questions following the Case Study requirements and expectations.

Answer 1

Medicare X for all Americans to buy a public health insurance plan..it covers the thing which Medicare doesn't like pediatrics and maternity care..Medicare X and single-payer has different view in health care and federal government play a role.Affordable care Act's marketplaces and Medicare's doctor network have slotted already.. premium vtax bils available for low-income Medicare - X permit part D drug coverage and added to small business health option program exchange..it builds the existing legislation..it is a government plan have different Benefit package from the public program to that covers American over age 65..It will be available only in countries with one or zero health plans selling on the Obama care market place..In future large employers also can buy this plan..It will be in ObamaCare marketplace and employer-sponsored coverage..it ranging from Medicare X to medicaid buy-in to single-payer..

All well developed countries having broad range of public health and personal medical services.. Although health care is equally distributed in this society than other social goods,health inequalities growing in demographic groups..Medicare X covers the equal access to care, universal access to assure quality in health status, especially in long-term care, nursing facilities..some systems are funded through general tax revenues and payroll taxes, mix of public and private insurance scheme..long- long care is not part of Medicare scheme..U.S Medicare system provides universal coverage to the American elderly and it becomes effective, but it will take excluded drugs from its Benefit package..but Medicare X includes drug coverage..ACA passes law that all individual to purchase healthcare insurance to buy special tax, expands medicaid coverage..