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Toplines: Seniors' Early Experiences with the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit These toplines contain the detailed results from the April 2006 tracking poll on seniors' early experiences with the new Medicare drug benefit. Toplines (.
This data spotlight examines the coverage gap, or "doughnut hole," in Medicare stand-alone drug plans available in 2010. While in the gap in coverage, Part D enrollees (other than those receiving low-income subsidies) are required to pay 100 percent of total drug costs until they reach the catastrophic coverage level.
Florida's Medicaid Prescription Drug Benefit: A Case Study A new study summarizes and discusses the state s attempt to reform its Medicaid prescription drug benefit program.
This data spotlight examines the stand-alone Part D drug plan options available to Medicare beneficiaries in 2013 during the open enrollment period, which runs from October 15 to December 7, 2012. The analysis is the first in a series of planned reports examining the private plan choices available to Medicare beneficiaries for 2013.
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.
Summary of Low-Income Subsidy Program in Final Medicare Bill This presentation summarizes the dual eligible population, the low-income provisions of the new Medicare drug benefit and discusses the impact on state Medicaid programs. Presentation Slides (.
A national Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health survey of people on Medicare finds nearly twice as many people on Medicare have an unfavorable view of the law as have a favorable view.
The Kaiser Family Foundation has issued a collection of analyses related to the Medicare Part D stand-alone drug plan options available to seniors for calendar year 2011. These spotlights focuses on key aspects of the drug plan choices available and relevant trends since the Medicare drug benefit took effect in 2006.
This document, prepared by Health Policy Alternatives, Inc., provides a detailed summary of the prescription drug provisions of the Medicare legislation (P.L. 108-173) signed by the President on December 8, 2003. Report (.
This survey of state Medicaid pharmacy programs updates a survey conducted in 2000 and reports Medicaid prescription drug policies in effect in early 2003. It covers utilization management policies, payment and purchasing policies, utilization review policies, and policies for managed care enrollees and persons residing in institutions. Report (.
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