Health Reform Brief 5: Medicare Changes Include Care Coordination and Prescription Drug Costs

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By Gina C. Maree, M.S.W., LSCSW
Health Policy
M. Suzanne Schrandt, J.D.
Health Policy
Jan. 24, 2012

The Affordable Care Act makes a few adjustments to Medicare that are important to understand, especially for the 420,000 Kansans enrolled in the program.

This brief — the fifth in a series focusing on how health reform affects Kansans — examines the changes that will occur in Medicare under the health reform law.

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Medicare Changes Include Care Coordination and Prescription Drug Costs

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KHI Health Reform Briefs
→ Brief 1: The Impact of Health Reform on Health Insurance Coverage in Kansas

→ Brief 2: The Impact of Health Reform on Insurance Benefits and Mandates in Kansas

→ Brief 3: A Health Insurance Exchange in Kansas? Decisions and Deadlines Ahead for State Leaders

→ Brief 4: Affordable Care Act's Expansion of Medicaid Expected to Boost Kansas Enrollment

→ Brief 5: Medicare Changes Include Care Coordination and Prescription Drug Costs

→ Brief 6: What the Affordable Care Act Could Mean for Kansas Employers and Health Insurance


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