Download or read book Medicare Discount Drug Card written by United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Medicare Prescription Drug Discount Cards written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Health and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Medicare Drug Discount Card written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Health and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Private Discounts Public Subsidies written by Joseph R. Antos and published by American Enterprise Institute. This book was released on 2004 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This study documents the need for better consumer information, particularly on special discounts offered by pharmaceutical companies that can provide very generous savings to many low-income beneficiaries. The failure to make that information transparent and easy to access must be overcome if this program is to live up to its full potential."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Download or read book Medicare drug discount card hearing before the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Ways and Means U S House of Representatives One Hundred Eighth Congress second session April 1 2004 written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The New Medicare Drug Discount Card written by United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Medicare Drug Card written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Medicare endorsed Prescription Drug Discount Card written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Medicare Prescription Drug Discount Cards written by United States. Congress and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-02-08 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medicare prescription drug discount cards : immediate savings for seniors : hearing before the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, second session, May 20, 2004.
Download or read book Beneficiary Information and Decision Supports for the Medicare Endorsed Prescription Drug Discount Card written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On December 8, 2003 the President signed into law the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA, P.L. 108-173). This legislation establishes a Medicare prescription drug benefit, effective January 1, 2006. In the interim, the legislation requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a temporary program of Medicare-endorsed prescription drug discount cards. The program has two objectives. One is to provide access to prescription drug discounts to Medicare beneficiaries who voluntarily enroll with a private card sponsor. The second is to provide low-income beneficiaries with transitional assistance to pay for some of their prescription drug costs until 2006, when the new Medicare drug benefit begins. Despite concerted efforts by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), 25% of the 7 million low-income beneficiaries who qualify for transitional assistance have enrolled in the card. Low-income Medicare beneficiaries could realize the most tangible benefit from enrolling since they would receive transitional assistance of $600 for both 2004 and 2005. Those who did not enroll in 2004 can do so by March 31, 2005 and receive the full $600 for 2005. Beneficiaries can select from 38 national discount card programs offering different prices for specific drugs, some variation in covered drugs and distinct pharmacy networks. Thus, beneficiaries have many considerations when selecting a card. To make such a choice, they first need to know the program exists. Next, they need both information to determine whether to enroll in the program and decision supports to help them select the card most suited to their own circumstances. Many of the same outreach and education methods CMS has used in the past to inform beneficiaries about new Medicare benefits are being employed and intensified for the discount drug card program. In particular, CMS has placed increased emphasis on the Internet as an information vehicle for beneficiary information. Some observers have commented that the complex decisions beneficiaries must make about program enrollment and card selection have led to confusion and inaction among older people. These factors, coupled with the approximately 70% of Medicare beneficiaries who are unable to use the Internet for any purpose, some suggest, have constrained program enrollment. CMS has improved its outreach and education strategies as it obtained more beneficiary feedback. Many acknowledge that reaching low-income people with information that would encourage their enrollment in new programs is a difficult challenge -- one faced by many governmental programs. The outreach and education experience of the discount card program can offer lessons for implementing the Medicare prescription drug benefit beginning in 2006. Then, decisions beneficiaries must make are likely to be more complex and the stakes higher for not enrolling and/or selecting a prescription drug plan that does not target an individual's needs as well as alternative plans. This report will be updated.
Download or read book Crs Report for Congress written by Congressional Research Service: The Libr and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On December 8, 2003, the President signed into law the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA, P.L. 108-173). This legislation provides for the implementation of a Medicare prescription drug program, effective January 1, 2006. In the interim, MMA requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a temporary program to endorse prescription drug discount card programs meeting certain requirements. The purpose is to provide access to prescription drug discounts to persons who voluntarily enroll with a private card plan. Each card sponsor is to provide each enrollee with access to negotiated prices. The program will also provide up to $600 in transitional assistance in both 2004 and 2005 for low-income persons enrolled in endorsed card programs. All Medicare beneficiaries, except those receiving Medicaid drug coverage, are eligible to enroll in a discount card program. Card enrollees with incomes below 135% of poverty are eligible for transitional assistance provided they do not have drug coverage under a group health plan. Not all persons eligible to enroll will actually enroll in the card program. Many persons who currently have access to discount prices through other sources will likely elect not to enroll in the temporary ...
Download or read book Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage FOR DUMMIES Volume 2 of 2 EasyRead Large Bold Edition written by Patricia Barry and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2008 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Crs Report for Congress written by Congressional Research Service: The Libr and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On December 8, 2003, the President signed into law the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA, P.L. 108-173). This legislation provides for the implementation of a Medicare prescription drug program, effective January 1, 2006. In the interim, MMA requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a temporary program to endorse prescription drug discount card programs meeting certain requirements. The purpose is to provide access to prescription drug discounts to persons who voluntarily enroll with a private card plan. Each card sponsor is to provide each enrollee with access to negotiated prices. The program will also provide up to $600 in transitional assistance in both 2004 and 2005 for low-income persons enrolled in endorsed card programs. All Medicare beneficiaries, except those receiving Medicaid drug coverage, are eligible to enroll in a discount card program. Card enrollees with incomes below 135% of poverty are eligible for transitional assistance provided they do not have drug coverage under a group health plan. Not all persons eligible to enroll will actually enroll in the card program. Many persons who currently have access to discount prices through other sources will likely elect not to enroll in the temporary ...
Download or read book The Medicare Handbook written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Implementing the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit and Medicare Advantage Program written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Medicare written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-06-16 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medicare: Sponsors' Management of the Prescription Drug Discount Card and Transitional Assistance Benefit
Download or read book Medicare Prescription Drug Cards and Association Health Plans written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
