Value of Medicare Advantage to Low-Income and Minority Medicare Beneficiaries
November 14, 2006
A new study shows the critical role the Medicare Advantage program plays in providing low-income and minority Medicare beneficiaries with access to health care, and in saving the Medicaid program millions of dollars. The study, conducted by Kenneth Thorpe, professor and chair of the Department of Health Policy & Management, and Adam Atherly, Ph.D. at Emory University, examines who enrolls in Medicare Advantage, how Medicare Advantage affects Medicaid costs, and how enrollees would be affected if Medicare Advantage was not available.
