Now Available: "The Medicare at 50 Years" e-Book
<p>Tomorrow, Medicare turns 50 years old. In celebration of that anniversary, The Commonwealth Fund’s <em>Medicare at 50 Years</em> series is now available in its entirety as a free e-book in two formats, including a download for your Kindle or other e-reader. Share this convenient new reference on Medicare’s past, present, and future with colleagues—even post it on your organization’s website. </p><p> </p>
<p>The <em>Medicare at 50 Years </em>e-book includes all six papers in the series, each one authored by nationally recognized experts in Medicare and health policy:</p>
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<li><em>Medicare: 50 Years of Ensuring Coverage and Care </em></li>
<li><em>The Affordable Care Act and Medicare: How the Law Is Changing the Program and the Challenges That Remain </em></li>
<li><em>Medicare Payment Reform: Aligning Incentives for Better Care</em></li>
<li><em>Modernizing Medicare's Benefit Design and Low-Income Subsidies to Ensure Access and Affordability</em></li>
<li><em>Serving Older Adults with Complex Care Needs: A New Benefit Option for Medicare</em></li>
<li><em>Predictable Unpredictability: The Problem with Basing Medicare Policy on Long-Term Financial Forecasting</em></li>
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<p>Also featured in the volume is our Medicare timeline, <em>50 Years of Medicare: How Did We Get Here?</em></p>