DeVry University
Managed Care & Health Insur
Professor: Keri Bahar
Week 7 – Webliography Contribution
Reforming Medicare in the age of Deficit Reduction
Date: 04/16/2014

Webliography Contribution
Entry / Reference 1:
Urban Institute (2013). Can Medicare Be Preserved While Reducing the Deficit? Timely Analysis of Immediate Health Policy Issues. Retrieved from: http://www.rwjf.org/content/dam/farm/reports/issue_briefs/2013/rwjf404766/subassets/rwjf404766_1
This reference help the current healthcare insurance and managed healthcare issues to reach the right set of policy to make changes that could correct long-standing gaps in financial protections that Medicare beneficiaries face, promote greater efficiency within payment systems, and generate the additional revenues necessary to pay for the impending surge in the number of beneficiaries.
Entry / Reference 2:
Steckenride, Janie, Parrott, Tonya (1998). New Directions in Old-Age Policies. The Health Care Policies and Older Americans. Retrieved from: http://books.google.ae/books?id=rwR4rpIrvW0C&pg=PA19&lpg=PA19&dq=Reforming+Medicare+in+the+age+of+Deficit+Reduction&source=bl&ots=ZtGKc36-o3&sig=00b8wDb48nxaR4uqWAHTms1slBU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=SKgJU77mK8eb0QW-44C4AQ&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAjgU#v=onepage&q=Reforming%20Med&f=false
This reference help the current healthcare insurance and managed healthcare issues to explores the changed political environment in the United States and what it means for the policies and programs benefiting the elderly and their families. It includes chapters written by distinguished contributors, such as Fernando Torres-Gil, Assistant Secretary for Aging, Clinton Administration, and discusses specific, realistic policy options for the future.
Entry / Reference 3:
Levit, Mindy (2011). Reducing the Budget Deficit: The President’s Fiscal Commission and Other Initiatives. DIANE Publishing. Retrieved from: http://books.google.ae/books?id=6zRK5gQfafgC&pg=PA11&lpg=PA11&dq=Reforming+Medicare+in+the+age+of+Deficit+Reduction&source=bl&ots=RI4ZDYTnL3&sig=qiAqEv4FPZyQK1FrqhGTQuyU5u0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=SKgJU77mK8eb0QW-44C4AQ&ved=0CGgQ6AEwCTgU#v=onepage&q=Reforming%20Med&f=false
This reference help the current healthcare insurance and managed healthcare issues to examines possible ways for a developing country to finance budget deficits from domestic resources. It’s a great importance in financing the public sector deficit. They use an econometric model to analyse the relationship between the demands for deposits and various other financial instruments, in particular, bank deposits, and foreign-currency deposits.
Entry / Reference 4:
American College of Physicians (2014). Internal Medicine Physician Specialists Release Policy Paper: ‘Reforming Medicare in the Age of Deficit Reduction’. Retrieved from: http://www.acponline.org/pressroom/reforming_medicare.htm
This reference help the current healthcare insurance and managed healthcare issues to the potential advantages and disadvantages of proposals to reform Medicare in an attempt to quell rising Medicare/health care costs. Options such as transforming Medicare into a premium support program, increasing the Medicare eligibility age, and applying income-based Medicare premiums are discussed.
Entry / Reference 5:
Lawder, David (2013).U.S. CBO: savings from higher Medicare age shrink dramatically. Retrieved from: http://news.yahoo.com/u-cbo-savings-higher-medicare-age-shrink-dramatically-212606163--business.html This reference help the current healthcare insurance and managed healthcare issues to encourage Democrats who have been resistant to reforms of Medicare and Social Security, especially raising eligibility ages. These programs are a key focus for deficit reduction efforts by Republicans, who argue that if left unchanged, they will be overwhelmed by the costs of caring for the massive Baby Boom generation as it ages.
Entry / Reference 6:
Government Relations and Policy (2013). Protecting Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid in Deficit Reduction/Budget Talks. Retrieved from: http://www.thetruthnow.org/Portals/1/pdf/protecting-ss-medicare-medicaid.pdf
This reference help the current healthcare insurance and managed healthcare issues to preserve Social Security and Medicare, along with the vast majority of Americans of all ages and political affiliations, urges Congress to oppose all efforts which would adversely affect Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries today and in the future.
Entry / Reference 7:
Hensley, Scott (2013). Why Hiking The Age For Medicare Eligibility Wouldn't Save Much. Retrieved from: http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/10/25/240729118/why-hiking-the-age-for-medicare-eligibility-wouldnt-save-much
This reference help the current healthcare insurance and managed healthcare issues to look at entitlement reform without adjusting the age for retirement. That increases federal expenditures. More people will also need exchange insurance, too, which means more people needing subsidies. That will also increase federal expenditures.