One of the biggest challenges facing Medicare is educating beneficiaries about their insurance options. Data from a national survey indicate that most Medicare HMO and fee-for-service beneficiaries age 65 and up are aware of at least one source of information from the National Medicare Education...

Employer-sponsored health plans typically provide less coverage for mental health and substance abuse treatment than for medical or surgical treatment. The merits and costs of mandating parity, or equivalent coverage, for insurance benefits for mental health and substance abuse treatment have...

This new study shows that Medicare beneficiary information-gathering behavior and experience with Medicare managed care were more highly associated with knowledge about Medicare managed care than formal education, age, income, or membership in a managed care plan before enrolling in Medicare....