ArticleHealth affairs (Project Hope)2020
Dental, Vision, And Hearing Services: Access, Spending, And Coverage For Medicare Beneficiaries.
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30 citing papers in PubMed, 52 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Access To Dental Care Among People Newly Eligible For A Medicare Dental Benefit.Health affairs (Project Hope) · 2026Article
- Mental health care use after leaving Medicare Advantage for traditional Medicare.The American journal of managed care · 2025Article
- Number Of States Providing Medicaid Hearing Aid Coverage For Adults Increased; Variability Was Substantive, 2017-23.Health affairs (Project Hope) · 2025Article
- Medicare Advantage Dental Benefits: Comprehensive Coverage Available In Fewer Than Half Of US Counties.Health affairs (Project Hope) · 2025Article
- Availability of Dental Benefits Within Medicare Advantage Plans by Enrollment and County.JAMA · 2025Article
- Benefit Design and Access to Dental Care Among Seniors With Medicare Advantage Dental Benefits.JAMA health forum · 2025Article
- Use and Costs of Supplemental Benefits in Medicare Advantage, 2017-2021.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Social Determinants of Uncorrected Distance and Near Visual Impairment in an Older Adult Population.Translational vision science & technology · 2025Article
- Racial/ethnic disparities in cost-related barriers to care among near-poor beneficiaries in Medicare Advantage vs traditional Medicare.The American journal of managed care · 2024Article
- Most State Medicaid Programs Cover Routine Eye Exams For Adults, But Coverage Of Other Routine Vision Services Varies.Health affairs (Project Hope) · 2024Article
- Dental Use and Spending in Medicare Advantage and Traditional Medicare, 2010-2021.JAMA network open · 2024Article
- Factors Associated With Longitudinal Patterns of Hearing Aid Use.Innovation in aging · 2024Article
- Effect of Determinants of Health on the Hearing Care Framework: An Economic Perspective.Seminars in hearing · 2023Review
- Trends in the level and composition of supplemental benefits in Medicare Advantage.Health affairs scholar · 2023Article
- Effects of a Medicaid dental coverage "cliff" on dental care access among low-income Medicare beneficiaries.Health services research · 2023Article
- Dental Services Use: Medicare Beneficiaries Experience Immediate And Long-Term Reductions After Enrollment.Health affairs (Project Hope) · 2023Article
- Sensory Impairment and the Odds of Adverse Consequences of Unmet Needs for Care Among Older Adults.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2022Article
- A Broad Examination of Health Policy Barriers to Access and Affordability of Hearing Treatment for Medicare Beneficiaries.Seminars in hearing · 2022Review
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Abstract
Among Medicare beneficiaries, dental, vision, and hearing services could be characterized as high need, high cost, and low use. While Medicare does not cover most of these services, coverage has increased recently as a result of changes in state Medicaid programs and increased enrollment in Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, many of which offer these services as supplemental benefits. Using data from the 2016 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey, this analysis shows that MA plans are filling an important gap in dental, vision, and hearing coverage, particularly among low- and middle-income beneficiaries. In 2016 only 21 percent of beneficiaries in traditional Medicare had purchased a stand-alone dental plan, whereas 62 percent of MA enrollees were in plans with a dental benefit. Among Medicare beneficiaries with coverage overall, out-of-pocket expenses still made up 70 percent of dental spending, 62 percent of vision spending, and 79 percent of hearing spending. While Medicare beneficiaries are enrolling in private coverage options, they are not getting adequate financial protection. This article examines these findings in the context of recent proposals in Congress to expand Medicare coverage of dental, vision, and hearing services.
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