Examines how the two-year waiting period for Medicare eligibility affects disabled workers and how eliminating it would affect costs, private coverage crowd-out, and demand for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI). Considers broader implications.
Title: Costs and Benefits of Eliminating the Medicare Waiting Period for SSDI Beneficiaries
Publication date 2009-03-26
Publication Year 2009
Authors
David Stapleton
, Gina Livermore
, Henry Claypool
Copyright holder(s)
Center for Studying Disability Policy
Geographical Focus
North America / United States
Keywords
waiting period
, medicare
, beneficiaries
, coverage
, waiting
Document type
Issue/Policy Brief
Language
English
URL: https://www.issuelab.org/resource/costs-and-benefits-of-eliminating-the-medicare-waiting-period-for-ssdi-beneficiaries.html
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