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  • Implications of the New Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit for State Medicaid Budgets

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    For a number of years, Governors and other state policymakers have maintained that Medicare - rather than state Medicaid programs - should play the key role in providing prescription drug coverage to Medicare beneficiaries, including those who also qualify for Medicaid because they are impoverished and/or have extensive health care needs (i.e, the "dual eligibles"). Although the new Medicare prescription drug benefit law shifts drug coverage for dual eligibles from Medicaid to Medicare, it does…

  • The Role of Health Coverage for People with Disabilities

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    People with disabilities are at risk in the health-care system because of their wide-ranging health-care needs, their relatively heavy use of prescription drugs, health-care and support services, and typically low incomes. A new survey of people with permanent mental and/or physical disabilities explores their health-care experiences and challenges in accessing and paying for care. Report Chartpack Health Affairs Article-- "Uncovering the Health Challenges Facing People with Disabilities: The Role of Health Insurance"

  • Implications of the New Medicare Law for Dual Eligibles:  10 Key Questions and Answers

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    Implications of the New Medicare Law for Dual Eligibles: 10 Key Questions and Answers This publication is designed to provide a more detailed explanation of the change in drug coverage policy for dual eligibles under the new Medicare law, as well as explore its implications for the individuals affected by it. Issue Paper (.pdf)

  • Medicaid Benefits: California

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    Completed for the National Conference of State Legislatures and the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, by Health Management Associates. Compiled from Medicaid State Plans and Amendments approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and from State websites, with verification by State and Territorial Medicaid officials in March 2003.