Health Insurance and Financing of care for seniors : An Overview"
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1 Health Insurance and Financing of care for seniors : An Overview" Peter C. Damiano! Director, Public Policy Center! University of Iowa! Senior College! September 30, 2011! Today s topics! Principles of insurance! Types of public and private insurance plans! Discussion! 1
2 Is health insurance really insurance?! Principles of insurance! Definable! Catastrophic loss! Low chance of occurrence! Unwanted nature! Out of the control of the individual! Low moral hazard! 2
3 Principles of insurance! Definable! Catastrophic loss! Low chance of occurrence! Unwanted nature! Out of the control of the individual! Low moral hazard! Principles of insurance! Definable! Catastrophic loss! Low chance of occurrence! Unwanted nature! Out of the control of the individual! Low moral hazard! 3
4 Principles of insurance! Definable! Catastrophic loss! Low chance of occurrence! Unwanted nature! Out of the control of the individual! Low moral hazard! Principles of insurance! Definable! Catastrophic loss! Low chance of occurrence! Unwanted nature! Out of the control of the individual! Low moral hazard! 4
5 Principles of insurance! Definable! Catastrophic loss! Low chance of occurrence! Unwanted nature! Out of the control of the individual! Low moral hazard! Principles of insurance! Definable! Catastrophic loss! Low chance of occurrence! Unwanted nature! Out of the control of the individual! Low moral hazard! 5
6 Moral hazard! Presence of insurance does not increase likelihood of occurrence! Is employer-based health insurance really insurance?! Prepaid health care! Use financial incentives to decrease moral hazard! 6
7 Financial incentives to decrease moral hazard (overuse)! Copayments! Deductibles! Coinsurance! Maximums! Copayments! A set payment amount per visit! Pharmacy claims ($X/Rx)! Primary care visits ($X/visit)! 7
8 Deductibles! Amount the insured has to pay before the insurance payments will begin! e.g. $50 deductible in your auto insurance policy! Not often used in dental! decreases incentive to receive preventive services! Coinsurance! The portion of a bill that the insured is responsible for! e.g. 90/10 coinsurance on physician visits! 8
9 Maximums! Out of pocket maximums! Maximum coverage! Out of pocket maximums! Maximum the insured has to pay! e.g. insured pays the 10% coinsurance on all health care costs up to $2500, the insurance will pay the rest! 9
10 Maximum coverage! Maximum amount insurance will pay! Common in dentistry! e.g. crowns are covered with a 50 percent coinsurance rate with a maximum coverage of $1000 for all dental care in one year! Employer-based health insurance! Most health insurance in US is purchased via employers! Large employers must offer insurance! Don t have to pay for it! Most are self insured! 10
11 Principle of self insurance! Used by most large businesses! Avoid state insurance laws (ERISA)! Creates better risk! large pool of employees! usually younger than society! Hire third party administrator! usually an insurance company! paperwork, billing! Health insurance coverage in US" 11
12 Health insurance by income" Characteristics of uninsured" 12
13 Health insurance by income" Uninsured rates by race and income" 13
14 Public Insurance Programs! Medicaid! Medicare! CHIP! IowaCare! Enrollment distribution! Medicare only-42 million! Medicaid only-52 million! Dual eligible-7 million! CHIP-8 million! 14
15 Program costs! Medicare-$440 billion (FY2007)! Medicaid-$366 billion (FY 2009)! CHIP-$4.4 billion! Medicaid! Part federal/part state program (1965)! Federal sets guidelines! States select coverage (some) and eligibility! 3 eligibility programs! 1. Income eligibility decoupled from (TANF)! 2. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program! 3. Medically needy program spend down! 15
16 Medicaid cost share (FY 2009)! Part federal/part state funded-$366 billion! US Federal-$243 billion! US State-$123 billion! IA Total-$3 billion! IA Federal-$2.1 billion! IA State-$900 million! Medicaid enrollment (FY 2007)! US-58 million!!-19% of population! IA-470,000!!-16% of population! 16
17 Long term care and Medicaid! Largest part of Medicaid budget! Not considered when Medicaid first passed! 45% of LTC paid for by Medicaid! Medicare/Medicaid qualifiers! Low income elderly! Qualified Medicare Beneficiaries (QMBs)! Resources twice SSI level! Income at 100% FPL! Often pays for! Prescriptions! Beyond 100 day NH limit! Eyeglasses! Hearing aids! Dental! 17
18 Medicare! Proposed by President Truman! Passed in 1965 by President Johnson! Medicare program! Part A Hospital Insurance! Part B Supplementary Medical Insurance! Part D Pharmacy coverage! 18
19 Number of Medicare Beneficiaries! 76.8 Medicare Enrollment (millions) Disabled & ESRD Elderly * * * Calendar Year * Numbers may not sum due to rounding. Source: CMS, Office of the Actuary. Medicare program 2004! 40 Million enrollees! 80% received services! $5,560 per enrollee served! $5,048 per enrollee! Iowa $3643 per Medicare enrollee (1996)! Fourth lowest in US! 19
20 Medicare Part A! Provided automatically to those over 65 or disabled 2 years! Hospital, SNFs, Home health, hospice! Medicare Part B! Optional for all who have Part A (87%)! Covered services! Physician care! Lab & X-ray! Physical therapy! Occupational therapy! Outpatient mental health! 20
21 Medicare Part D! Began January 1, 2006! Provides limited drug coverage! 1041 drug plans for 2012! 33 in Iowa!!-16 basic, 17 enhanced!!-cost $15/mos to $106/mos! " Medicare cost issues! Prospective payment system (DRGs)! Physician payment reform! Solvency of trust fund! 21
22 Medicare trust funds! Part A! Mandatory payroll deductions! Part B! Premiums with some government subsidy! Medicare managed care! Began in 1980! Now called Medicare Advantage plans! 22
23 CHIP(FY 2009)! Part federal/part state funded-$10 billion! US Federal-$7 billion! US State-$3 billion! IA Total-$75 million! IA Federal-$55 million! IA State-$20 million! CHIP enrollment (FY 2010)! US-7.7 million! IA-64,000! 23
24 Discussion " Where does health care fit in:! 24
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