Research Objective: Determine if the amount of Medicare part D enrollees increase as a result of the ACA mandate to close the coverage gap, determine whether the ACA implementation decreased the out of pocket costs for Medicare part D beneficiaries and determine whether disabled Medicare part D participants have higher out of pocket responsibility than those age 65 and older
Methods (6 pages long) MAY USE 2 GRAPHS TO ILLUSTRATE***
Framework and model- research question (above) and data sources (2 pages)
Variables and measures- Medicare part D beneficiaries age 65 and older as well as younger disabled (2 Pages)
Design- compare out of pocket spending before the Affordable Care Act and after (2 Pages)
Analysis and results (2 pages)
The amount of Medicare part D enrollees increased as a result of the ACA mandate to close the coverage gap? The ACA implementation decreased the out of pocket costs for Medicare part D beneficiaries? Disabled Medicare part D participants have higher out of pocket responsibility than those age 65 and older?
Recommendation and conclusion (2 pages)
What are the implications President Donald Trump repealing/replacing the ACA for Medicare part D beneficiaries?
Please use ONLY the 2 links below to write the paper:
https://www.kff.org (to research the questions)
http://www.medpac.gov/docs/default-source/reports/mar18_medpac_ch14_sec.pdf
(article with information to include in the research)
