Expected Inpatient And Skilled Nursing Facility Out-Of-Pocket Expenses ($) For Medicare Advantage Members, By Premium Level And Receipt Of Subsidies, 2011
SOURCE Authors’ analysis of Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare enrollment records. NOTES Zero-premium plan members pay the Part B premium amount but pay no additional MA premiums. Added-premium plan members pay the Part B premium and an extra premium to the MA plan. Traditional Medicare beneficiaries may have additional Part B expenses for physician services while hospitalized. People with coinsurance as their primary form of cost sharing for inpatient or skilled nursing facility (SNF) services are excluded. Inpt. is inpatient. aMembers with subsidies for only the Part B premium or Part D coverage. Plans with a large share of members with subsidies are identified as follows: within each premium amount range, plans in the top quartile for percentage of members receiving subsidies for Part B premium or Part D coverage.