revisiting prior choices, can lead to decision errors. This paper explores the enrollment decisions of Medicare beneficiaries in … the Medicare Advantage (MA) program. During the time period we study (2007-2010), private fee-for-service (PFFS) plans … offered enhanced benefits beyond those of traditional Medicare (TM) without any restrictions on physician networks or …

The Medicare Part D program relies on consumer choice to provide insurers with incentives to offer low-priced, high …

Since the inception of Medicare Part D in 2006, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and regulatory changes have led to … examine how this industry consolidation affects Medicare beneficiaries' enrollment in PDPs and their out-of-pocket (OOP) drug … OOP drug expenditures, but these changes also affect Medicare beneficiaries indirectly through impacting PDP …

Medicare eligibility. We use administrative data to examine several Medicare enrollment choices: the heavily under …-subscribed Medicaid "dual" coverage as a supplement to Medicare; Medicare Part D; the Part D Low Income Subsidy (LIS); and Medicare … Advantage. Focusing on people living in low-income zip codes, we find a large increase in dual Medicaid among new Medicare …

In 1992, the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced new insurance coverage for two … Medicare population about coverage of preventive services may have substantial social value …

Medicare Part D enrollees face a complicated decision problem: they must dynamically choose prescription drug … consumption in each period given difficult- to-find prices and a non-linear budget set. We use Medicare Part D claims data from …