The recently signed Medicare prescription drug bill transfers responsibility for providing prescription drug coverage to dual-eligible beneficiaries from Medicaid to Medicare and creates a new subsidy program for low-income Medicare beneficiaries. These changes will have a major impact on state Medicaid programs both fiscally and administratively and it will also mean major changes for low-income beneficiaries' drug coverage.

 Presentation: Medicare Prescription Drugs and Low-Income Beneficiaries 
 Implications of the New Medicare Law for Dual Eligibles: 10 Key Questions and Answers 
 Implications of the New Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit for State Medicaid Budgets
 Summary of Low-Income Subsidy Program in Final Medicare Bill 
 Coordinating Medicaid and Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage: Findings from a Focus Group Discussion with Medicaid Directors 
 Dual Eligibles in Nursing Facilities and Medicare Drug Coverage
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