Expanding the focus of health insurance education for Medicare beneficiaries.

Abstract:

:Health insurance education plays an important role in helping consumers make informed decisions about their need for supplemental coverage. This article reviews findings on the knowledge of Medicare beneficiaries about their health insurance coverage. Then, current health insurance education programs are examined with regard to their ability to meet the needs of a competition-based public policy. Barriers outside the control of individuals that impede the growth of the long-term care insurance market are identified and the need for an alternative, broader form of health insurance education is suggested. Changes in the scope and content of health insurance education are proposed that would educate the elderly to their own needs as well as the larger policy issues. An expanded model of education based on the concept of the Swedish study circle is discussed to illustrate the possibility of combining individual knowledge and public debate about complex social issues.

journal_name

J Aging Soc Policy

authors

Strombeck R

doi

10.1300/j031v03n04_03

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1991-01-01 00:00:00

pages

9-29

issue

4

eissn

0895-9420

issn

1545-0821

journal_volume

3

pub_type

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