Structuring health care benefits
Subtitle: a comparison of Medicare and the FEHBP
By: by Craig F. Caplan, Lisa A. Foley.
Contributors: Foley, Lisa A.; Public Policy Institute (American Association of Retired Persons)
Publisher: Public Policy Institute, AARP
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 26
Subjects: Medicare; National Health Insurance, United States
Description: Compares the current defined-benefit program Medicare with the premium-support system called Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) and examines consequences of restructuring Medicare to be more like FEHBP.
Notes: "#2000-05. May 2000."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 25-26).
Table of contents: title: Executive summary.; title: Introduction.; title: Overview of Medicare and the FEHBP.; title: Entitlement to benefits and coverage of health care services.; title: Premiums and cost-sharing.; title: Reconsideration and appeals.; title: Conclusion.; title: Appendix A: Key elements of original Medicare, Medicare+Choice, and the FEHBP.; title: Appendix B: Medicare benefits, 2000.; title: Appendix C: FEHBP benefits: statutory provision.; title: Appendix D-1: 2000 FEHBP plan cost-sharing information for single non-postal employee residing in the Washington, D.C. area.; title: Appendix D-2: 2000 FEHBP plan cost-sharing information for single non-postal employee residing in Oklahoma City, OK, area.; title: References.