{"id":3380,"date":"2016-07-03T05:08:07","date_gmt":"2016-07-03T09:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=3380"},"modified":"2016-06-29T10:15:23","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T14:15:23","slug":"modifying-traditional-medicares-benefit-design-could-reduce-federal-spending-but-with-cost-tradeoffs-between-beneficiaries-and-the-federal-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=3380","title":{"rendered":"Modifying Traditional Medicare\u2019s Benefit Design Could Reduce Federal Spending But With Cost Tradeoffs Between Beneficiaries and The Federal Government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>( By Juliette Cubanski, Tricia Neuman, Zachary Levinson, Gretchen Jacobson, Monica Brenner, and James Mays for Kaiser Family Foundation published by Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p>Proposals to modify the benefit design of traditional Medicare have been frequently raised in federal budget and Medicare reform discussions, including in the June 2016 House Republican health plan as part of a broader set of proposed changes to Medicare.<a id=\"endnote_link_191952-1\" class=\"footnote-link\" title=\"A Better Way: Our Vision for a Confident America, June 22, 2016, available at http:\/\/abetterway.speaker.gov\/_assets\/pdf\/ABetterWay-HealthCare-PolicyPaper.pdf.\" href=\"http:\/\/kff.org\/medicare\/report\/modifying-medicares-benefit-design-whats-the-impact-on-beneficiaries-and-spending\/view\/footnotes\/#footnote-191952-1\"><sup>1<\/sup><\/a> Typically, benefit design proposals include a single deductible for Medicare Part A and B services, modified cost-sharing requirements, and a new annual cost-sharing limit, combined with restrictions on \u201cfirst-dollar\u201d Medigap coverage. Some proposals also include additional financial protections for low-income beneficiaries. Objectives of these proposals may include reducing federal spending, simplifying Medicare cost sharing, providing people in traditional Medicare with protection against catastrophic medical costs, providing low-income beneficiaries with additional financial protections, and reducing the need for beneficiaries to buy supplemental coverage. <a href=\"http:\/\/kff.org\/medicare\/report\/modifying-medicares-benefit-design-whats-the-impact-on-beneficiaries-and-spending\/?utm_campaign=KFF-2016-June-Modifying-Medicare-Benefit-Design&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=31132606&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz--BufWEtp6bev87jddvHMYK9eR9GWXJIJVwNYxGzh8J_CxvIm53mdyQr7uL6Rn09cL8CZgNWSjq3DAuYau3hRsurBBuDg&amp;_hsmi=31132606\" target=\"_blank\">Read full report here&#8230;..<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font: 15px\/1.6 'Open Sans', serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #444444; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: 1; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: inherit; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Kaiser Health News\u00a0is\u00a0a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. 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