Colorado State University United States Medicare Program Paper

For the Module 2 SLP assignment, read the information in the required reading section of the module. Once you have completed all the reading:

1. Discuss the current financial health and the future projection on the financial sustainability of Medicare.
2. Propose initiatives that the government might take as possibilities to preserve Medicare.

SLP Assignment Expectations

Length: Write a 3- to 5-page paper, typed and double spaced, with 12 pt. Times New Roman font and 1-inch page margins. Use headers throughout the paper. This will aid you in not overlooking vital elements of the assignment and make the document easier for the reader to follow.

Required Reading

Kaiser Family Foundation. (2010). Medicare: A Primer. Available at https://www.kff.org/interactive/medicare-101-tutorial/

Kaiser Family Foundation. (2010). Medicare at a Glance. Available at https://kaiserfamilyfoundation.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/1066-17-medicare-at-a-glance.pdf

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission. (2016). Context of Medicare Payment Policy. In Report to Congress: Medicare Payment Policy. Washington: The Commission. Retrieved from http://www.medpac.gov/docs/default-source/reports/march-2016-report-to-the-congress-medicare-payment-policy.pdf?sfvrsn=0

Newhouse, J. (2010). Assessing Health Reform’s Impact on Four Key Groups of Americans.Health Affairs, 29 (9), 1714-1724. Available at https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/pdf/10.1377/hlthaff.2010.0595

Zarabozo, C., & Harrison, S. (2009). Payment Policy and the Growth of Medicare Advantage. Health Affairs, 28 (1), W55-W67. Retrieved from ProQuest on 11/21/2012.

Required Website

Kaiser Family Foundation (2010). Health Reform and Medicare: Overview of Key Provisions. Available at: http://kff.org/interactive/health-reform-and-medicare-overview-of-key-provisions-tutorial/

Kaiser Family Foundation (2009). Medicare 101: the Basics. Available at https://www.kff.org/medicare/event/medicare-101-what-you-need-to-know-2015/