Medicare Part D 2009 Data Spotlight: Low-Income Subsidy Plan Availability
This Medicare Part D Data Spotlight focuses on the availability of drug plans for beneficiaries receiving the Part D low-income subsidy in 2009 and changes since 2006.
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Medicare Part D 2009 Data Spotlight: Premiums
ReportThis Medicare Part D data spotlight analyzes the premiums charged by the 1,689 stand-alone Medicare Part D plans that will be offered in markets across the country in 2009. The analysis finds premiums charged for Part D plans range widely, from $10.30 per month to $136.80 per month.
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Summary/Chartpack: National Survey of Pharmacists and National Survey of Physicians, Findings on Medicare Part D
Poll FindingThis document highlights key data from separate surveys of pharmacists and physicians related to the new Medicare drug benefit. Chartpack (.
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Resources on the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit: Medicare Part D Data Spotlights
Other PostTo better understand the private plans providing drug coverage to Medicare beneficiaries under the Part D benefit, the Kaiser Family Foundation has issued a series of data spotlights analyzing key elements of Medicare's private drug plans.
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Prescription Drug Trends: A Chartbook Update
ReportThis November 2001 Chartbook updates data from last year's chartbook, including information about prescription drug coverage, expenditures and prices, utilization, drug promotion, and the pharmaceutical industry.
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The Current Medicare Prescription Drug Debate: Briefing Charts
ReportThese briefing charts provide background information on prescription drug use and spending among the Medicare population, recent survey data on employers' likely reaction to a Medicare drug benefit, an overview of the proposals for prescription drug coverage passed by the House and Senate at the end of June 2003, and a summary of the key…
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Health News Index–May/June 2000
Poll FindingHealth News Index May/June, 2000 The May/June 2000 edition of the Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health, Health News Index includes questions about major health stories covered in the news, including questions about the Congressional Democrats' proposal to have the Medicare program cover prescription drug costs for the elderly.
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Targeting Medicare Drug Benefits: Costs and Issues
ReportThis report, written by Marilyn Moon and Matthew Storeygard of the Urban Institute, estimates the potential cost of targeting drug benefits to low-income Medicare beneficiaries and those with catastrophic drug expenses and discusses some of the key programmatic issues that could arise under this approach.
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Chartpack: Seniors and the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit
Poll FindingThese charts highlight data from a poll on Seniors and the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit, conducted jointly by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health between November 9 and 19, 2006. It included a nationally representative sample of 718 seniors, including 275 who reported being enrolled in a Medicare drug plan.
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The Effects of Formularies and Other Cost Management Tools on Access to Medications: An Analysis of the MMA and the Final Rule
Issue BriefThis report examines the formulary and cost management provisions of the final Medicare regulations implementing the new Medicare Part D drug benefit that was passed as part of the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003, and their implications for people with Medicare who enroll in new drug plans and their access to medications.