title: Medicare+Choice.
abstract: Created five years ago out of the Balanced Budget Act, Medicare+Choice was thought to be the next generation of Medicare, giving benefits to seniors and saving the government money. But enrollment has dropped and health plans, complaining of low reimbursement rates, have fled. What went wrong? Can it be fixed?
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Serb
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002204:Capitation Fee; D003625:Data Collection; D016527:Drug Costs / Q000639:trends; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007250:Inflation, Economic; D007349:Insurance, Health, Reimbursement; D017057:Medically Uninsured; D020398:Medicare Part C / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States