Impact of Medicare on Its Recipients
Medicare has been in existence since 1965, and during the intervening years, its original design has been greatly modified. The recipients of Medicare may have stayed basically the same, but the delivery, types of services, control, and regulations have changed significantly and continue to change.
• Kaiser Family Foundation. (2011). Restructuring Medicare's beneficiary design: Implications for beneficiaries and spending. Retrieved from
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• Kaiser Family Foundation. (2012). Medicare's role for dual-eligible beneficiaries. Retrieved from https://www.kff.org/medicare/ upload/8138-02.pdf
• Guterman, S., Davis, K., Schoenbaum, S., & Shih, A. (2009). Using
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• Marmor, T. (2007). Medicare's politics. Journal of Health Politics, Policy
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• Oberlander, J. (2007). Through the looking glass: The politics of The Medicare
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• Zarabozo, C., & Harrison, S. (2009). Payment policy and the growth of
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In a Microsoft Word document, create a 2- to 3-page report on the analysis of the selected topics.
Your report must also include rtesponse to the following:
• Identify one or two main points from each selected article.
• Explain in detail the issues presented in the articles and their impact on the recipients of Medicare.
• Explain in detail the issues presented in the articles and their impact on the providers to Medicare recipients.
You must Support your responses with examples.
You must Cite any sources in APA format