Center for Advancing Health Policy through Research
Research Informing Policy
Explore our areas of health policy research and dissemination
Research Informing Policy
Explore our areas of health policy research and dissemination
Research Areas
Traditional Medicare is public health insurance that provides coverage to about half of the 62 million adults aged 65 and older who are covered by the federally-funded Medicare insurance program.
The other half of the 62 million Medicare beneficiaries receive coverage through private plans for Medicare enrollees, known as Medicare Advantage.
While the health care industry has been consolidating for two decades, a number of trends are changing how physician markets are organized and how various stakeholders are impacted.
Many U.S. states are enacting their own efforts to enhance the accessibility, quality, fairness, and affordability of health care.
Podcast: The Values of Medicare
Professors Andy Ryan and David Meyers study the cost and value of Medicare plans across the country, including controversial and rapidly expanding Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. Learn the upsides, downsides and incentives that guide these MA plans, and how reforming them could save billions of dollars every year.