Prescription Drugs - Research and Data from KFF

Examining Sources of Supplemental Insurance and Prescription Drug Coverage Among Medicare Beneficiaries: Findings from the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey, 2007

Jul 31, 2009

Report

This updated chartpack presents sources of supplemental and prescription drug coverage among Medicare beneficiaries in 2007, the most recent year for which national data are available. The chartpack looks at variations in supplemental and prescription drug coverage by income, race/ethnicity, age, urban/rural location, and health status.

Medicare Part D 2010 Data Spotlight: Coverage of Top Brand-Name and Specialty Drugs

Aug 31, 2010

Issue Brief

This Part D Data Spotlight documents the wide variations across the private stand-alone drug plans with respect to coverage of drugs, what enrollees pay for those drugs, and restrictions and limitations placed on their use. These variations have potentially significant implications for beneficiaries’ access to medications and out-of-pocket costs.

Pharmaceutical Policy and Pricing: Are Other Countries Getting Greater Value?

Event Date: Nov 7, 2011

Event

Spending on prescription drugs in the U.S. rose at a faster clip in 2009 than spending for hospital and physician care, a trend that is expected to continue through 2020. The desire to get a handle on drug spending is a focus not only in the U.S. but in other countries as well.

Medicare Part D Spending Trends: Understanding Key Drivers and the Role of Competition

May 8, 2012

Issue Brief

This brief commissioned by the Foundation examines factors that contributed to Medicare's lower-than-expected spending on prescription drugs under the Medicare Part D drug benefit that started in 2006. Since its launch, Medicare has spent about 30 percent less on Part D benefits than the Congressional Budget Office originally projected.

Prescription Drug Coverage for Medicare Beneficiaries: A Side-by-Side Comparison

Jul 31, 2001

Medicaid: Purchasing Prescription Drugs

Dec 31, 2001

Issue Brief

Medicaid: Purchasing Prescription Drugs A policy brief explaining how Medicaid purchases outpatient drugs and outlining the policy tools available to states to limit the rate of growth in spending on prescription drugs.

Medicare Prescription Drugs Through Private Drug-Only Plans: A Discussion with Actuaries

May 31, 2003

Report

Central to the current debate over Medicare prescription drug coverage is the role of private insurance plans in providing drug benefits to Medicare beneficiaries.

A Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit: Implications for Medicaid and Low-Income People

Aug 30, 2003

Report

The Senate and House of Representatives each approved legislation in June of 2003 that would establish outpatient prescription drug coverage for Medicare beneficiaries as part of Medicare program reform.

Standard Medicare Drug Benefit, 2006 Chart

Nov 1, 2003

Report

Standard Medicare Drug Benefit, 2006 Out-of-pocket drug spending for Medicare beneficiaries under the standard Medicare drug benefit described in the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003. Chart (.

The Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health Medicare Prescription Drug Survey – Chartpack

Sep 2, 2003

Report

This chartpack is part of a survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation and Harvard School of Public Health that examines public opinion on the Medicare prescription drug debate.

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