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  • The New Medicare Drug Benefit:  Potential Effects of Pharmacy Management Tools on Access to Medications

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    The New Medicare Drug Benefit: Potential Effects of Pharmacy Management Tools on Access to Medications This report describes the pharmacy benefit management tools that will be available to private plans administering the new Medicare drug benefit, including formularies, the definition of categories and classes, and cost sharing requirements. The authors conclude that substantial flexibility given to plans to design management tools could have significant implications for beneficiaries’ access to needed medications and out-of-pocket spending. Issue…

  • Keeping Medicare and Medicaid When You Work: Work-related Incentives for Persons on Either SSDI or SSI- online version

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    Training and Rehabilitation Incentives What are continued payments under a vocational rehabilitation program?  What is the Ticket to Work? Earnings-Related Incentives What is meant by the substantial gainful activity (SGA) limit? What are impairment-related work expenses (IRWEs)? What are “subsidies and special conditions”? What are unincurred business expenses? What are unsuccessful work attempts? What is a Plan for Achieving Self Support (a PASS plan)? Health Coverage Incentives How can people with disabilities obtain or retain…

  • Navigating Medicare and Medicaid: A Resource Guide for People with Disabilities, Their Families, and Their Advocates

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    Navigating Medicare and Medicaid: Resource Guides for People with Disabilities, Their Families, and Their Advocates These guides explain the critical role Medicare and Medicaid have come to play in the lives and the futures of roughly 20 million children, adults, and seniors with disabilities - and give people with disabilities new information to help them get the most from these programs. Navigating Medicare and Medicaid, 2005 Keeping Medicare and Medicaid When You Work, 2005

  • Keeping Medicare and Medicaid When You Work, 2005: A Resource Guide for People with Disabilities, Their Families, and Their Advocates

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    This guide helps to explain the program rules for Medicare and Medicaid with regard to work. Medicare and Medicaid have come to play important roles in the lives and the futures of roughly 20 million children, adults, and seniors with disabilities - and this guide gives people with disabilities new information to help them get the most from these programs. Full PDF Report Section 1: Protecting Health Coverage For People With Disabilities Who Work HTML…

  • California Health Care Chartbook: Section 2: Health Status & Preventive Care, Access to Care, and Use of Services

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    California Health Care Chartbook: Key Data and Trends Section 2: Health Status, Health Risks, and Use of Health Services Download PDF of Section 2 The following exhibits can be found in the above PDF.Health StatusExhibit 2.1aSelf-Reported Health Status Among Adults, California and the United States, 1995 and 2002Exhibit 2.1bFair or Poor Self-Reported Health Status Among Adults, by Race/Ethnicity, California and the United States, 2002Exhibit 2.2aAge-Adjusted Mortality Rate, California and the United States, 1979-1999Exhibit 2.2bInfant Mortality…

  • Navigating Medicare and Medicaid, 2005: A Resource Guide for People with Disabilities, Their Families, and Their Advocates

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    This guide explains the critical role Medicare and Medicaid have come to play in the lives and the futures of roughly 20 million children, adults, and seniors with disabilities - and gives people with disabilities new information to help them get the most from these programs. Full PDF Report (.pdf) Section 1: Introduction HTML PDF Section 2: Medicare HTML PDF Section 3: Medicaid HTML PDF Section 4: Interaction Between Medicare and Medicaid HTML PDF

  • State AIDS Programs and the Medicare Modernization Act (MMA):  A Conference Call Discussion for State AIDS Directors and ADAP Coordinators

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    State AIDS Programs and the Medicare Modernization Act (MMA): A Conference Call Discussion for State AIDS Directors and ADAP Coordinators November 10, 2004 at 2pm ESTKaiser Family Foundation & The National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors Medicare is estimated to cover almost one in five people living with HIV/AIDS in care. Although Medicare provides broad coverage of basic health care services, it has high cost-sharing requirements, no cap on out-of-pocket spending, and doesn’t…

  • Coverage and Access of Adults 18-64 in the District of Columbia: Key Facts

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    This fact sheet summarizes the findings of the DC Health Access Survey, released in the Fall of 2003. It includes information on topics including: the demographics of the uninsured adults in the District of Columbia, findings about where and to what extent uninsured adults in the District of Columbia get medical care, and financial barriers to care. Fact Sheet (.pdf) Survey Highlights, Chartpack, and Toplines

  • World AIDS Day 2004

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    World AIDS Day began in 1988 to focus global attention on the HIV/AIDS epidemic across countries, organizations and governments. The theme of focuses on women, girls, and HIV and AIDS and seeks to explore how gender inequality fuels the AIDS epidemic. The links on this page will connect you to the Foundation's latest research, analysis, and innovative public health campaigns related to HIV/AIDS and to a range of other domestic and international World AIDS Day…