Overview

Mathematica Policy Research, with funding from The Commonwealth Fund, has analyzed trends in benefits and premiums in the Medicare+Choice—Medicare's managed care option—since 1999. The tables that follow provide a first look at benefit trends in 2003. Much like in previous years, Medicare+Choice plans have continued to raise premiums and beneficiaries' cost-sharing, while at the same time limiting coverage of supplemental benefits such as prescription drug coverage.

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