Medicare: Continuous Insurance before Enrollment Associated with Better Health and Lower Program Spending

[摘要] A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Beneficiaries with continuous health insurance coverage for approximately 6 years before enrolling in Medicare were more likely than those without prior continuous insurance to report being in good health or better during the first 6 years in Medicare. In particular, having prior continuous insurance raised the predicted probability that a beneficiary reported being in good health or better by nearly 6 percentage points during the first 6 years in Medicare."

[发布日期] 2013-12-17 [发布机构] United States. Government Accountability Office.

[关键词] Government accountability -- United States.;health care;medicare;letter report