Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Low-Income Provisions

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drugs.

Medicaid.

Medicare.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] [publisher not identified] 2006

Summary:

Examines low-income provisions of the Medicare prescription drug benefit established by 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:

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Other Format:

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

Publisher Number:

CRS-2006-DSP-0457

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