PRESIDENT'S PLAN FOR STRENGTHENING AND MODERNIZING MEDICARE FOR THE 21st CENTURY
TABLE OF CONTENTS
OVERVIEW
MAKING MEDICARE MORE COMPETITIVE AND EFFICIENT
Private Sector Purchasing & Quality Improvement Tools for Traditional Medicare
Competitive Defined Benefit Proposal
Smoothing Out Balanced Budget Act Policies
Constraining Out-Year Medicare Spending Growth
Improving Medicare Management, Including Public/Private Advisory Boards
MODERNIZING MEDICARE'S BENEFITS
Prescription Drug Benefit
Improving Preventive Benefits and Eliminating Cost Sharing
Rationalizing Cost Sharing and Medigap
Medicare Buy-In for Certain People Ages 55-56
STRENGTHENING MEDICARE'S FINANCING FOR THE 21st CENTURY
Extending the Life of the Medicare Trust Fund
Responsibly Financing the New Prescription Drug Benefit
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