Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage: Facts, Options, and Implications
Testimony by Patricia Neuman, Sc.D.
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ADAP Issue Brief: AIDS Drug Assistance Programs – Getting the Best Price?
Issue BriefThis issue brief, prepared as part of the National ADAP Monitoring Project, examines how ADAPs purchase and dispense drugs, and the drug discount programs that assist states in containing ADAP costs. For more information on the series see the National ADAP Monitoring Project page.
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Health News Index – March/April 2002
Poll FindingHealth News Index March/April, 2002 The March/April 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 the recent coverage of mammogram efficacy, the Institute of Medicine report on racial disparities in the health care system, and prescription drug discount cards.
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National ADAP Monitoring Project: Annual Report, April 2002
ReportThis report, the sixth in an annual series, provides an overview of the status of state-administered AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs) and documents how these programs are responding to the changing fiscal, clinical and epidemiological dynamics of HIV/AIDS.
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State Variation in Medicaid Pharmacy Benefit Use Among Dual-Eligible Beneficiaries
ReportThis study examines Medicaid pharmacy benefit use and spending among beneficiaries dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid in 10 states by analyzing 1995 enrollment and claims data from a new 12-state database.
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Prescription Drug Discount Card Programs: Implications for Medicare Beneficiaries
ReportThis testimony was delivered by Tricia Neuman, a vice president of the Kaiser Family Foundation, at a Senate Finance Committee hearing on the Bush Administration's Proposals for Medicare Modernization.
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The President’s Fiscal Year 2003 Budget: An Overview of Health Programs
ReportThe President's Fiscal Year 2003 Budget: An Overview of Health Programs A new chartbook describes the government's overall budget situation and examines the health policies and programs proposed in the President's latest budget.
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Trends in Medicare Supplemental Insurance and Prescription Drug Coverage 1996-1999
Other PostThis paper, featured in the February 27, 2002, online issue of Health Affairs, examines trends in Medicare beneficiaries supplemental insurance and prescription drug coverage between 1996 and 1999, using the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) Access to Care files. It also provides snapshot estimates of coverage among subgroups of Medicare beneficiaries in 1999.
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Prescription Drug Discount Cards: Current Programs and Issues
ReportAs policymakers consider a range of approaches to providing prescription drug coverage to the Medicare population in today s tight budgetary environment, one proposal that has been put forth by the Bush Administration is that of a Medicare-endorsed prescription drug discount card program.
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Health News Index January/February 2002
Poll FindingHealth News Index January/February, 2002 The January/February 2002 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 the public s knowledge of the ongoing anthrax investigation and prescription drug discount cards.