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Medicare: Millions in End-Stage Renal Disease Expenditures Shifted to Employer Health Plans

HRD-93-31 Published: Dec 31, 1992. Publicly Released: Dec 31, 1992.
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Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the effects of extending the coverage time for which employer-provided group health plans would be expected to pay medical expense claims of beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), focusing on: (1) the number and geographic distribution of such beneficiaries; (2) annual Medicare savings; (3) the effect of the extension on employment based health insurance.

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