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Medicare HMOs: Potential Effects of a Limited Enrollment Period Policy

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Feb. 28, 1997
Report No. HEHS-97-50
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Summary:

Congress has recently considered making Medicare's policies more consistent with those of other large health care purchasing organizations by establishing a limited time each year when Medicare beneficiaries could enroll in a particular plan and by restricting disenrollment outside that period. To assist Congress in considering the effects of such a policy change, this report assesses how a limited enrollment period would affect Medicare, private health plans, beneficiaries, and employees who provide Medicare supplemental benefits to retirees. GAO examines the potential effects of policy changes on (1) the growth of Medicare's managed care program, (2) employers' attempts to administer their respective benefits seasons, (3) taxpayer savings measured against beneficiary protections, and (4) the resources needed by the federal agency that runs Medicare's day-to-day operations.

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