Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit : Low-Income Provisions.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicaid.

Medical economics.

Medicare.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (34 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2005.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Examines low-income provisions of the Medicare prescription drug benefit established by P.L. 108-173, the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act (MMA) of 2003. Discusses low-income population current Medicaid and supplementary coverage, and enrollment in Medicare drug discount card program, general and low-income provisions of MMA, including eligibility groups, low-income subsidy benefits, and eligibility and enrollment procedures, estimated impact, and related issues, including covered drugs, long-term care facility residents, plan choices, beneficiary education, and State issues.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit

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