Moon M, Brennan N, Segal M
Urban Institute, Washington, DC 20037, USA.
Inquiry. 1998 Fall;35(3):346-56.
This paper examines the effectiveness of the Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB), Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiary (SLMB), and Qualified Individual (QI) programs that seek to ease the financial burdens of health costs on low-income Medicare beneficiaries. While participation in these programs has been increasing steadily over time, much remains to be done to extend benefits to all those currently eligible. This paper estimates levels of participation in the existing programs and considers several scenarios under which participation could be increased further, including federalizing the existing programs, raising or eliminating asset limits, and raising income ceilings.
本文考察了合格医疗保险受益人（QMB）、特定低收入医疗保险受益人（SLMB）和合格个人（QI）项目的成效，这些项目旨在减轻低收入医疗保险受益人的医疗费用经济负担。虽然随着时间推移，参与这些项目的人数一直在稳步增加，但要将福利扩大到所有目前符合条件的人，仍有许多工作要做。本文估计了现有项目的参与水平，并考虑了几种可以进一步提高参与率的设想方案，包括将现有项目联邦化、提高或取消资产限制以及提高收入上限。
