Medicare FFS Beneficiaries’ Out-Of-Pocket Spending To Drop By $5,000 Between 2010 & 2022

Because of changes to the traditional Medicare program and prescription coverage due to the health reform law, between 2010 and 2022 Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) beneficiaries will pay $5,000 less over the course of that 12-year period than they would have without the changes. In 2010 when the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) became law, Medicare FFS beneficiaries paid an annual average of $4,843 out-of-pocket that year, which was $20 lower than it would have been due to provisions of the PPACA that went into effect immediately regarding prescription drug coverage under . . .