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Drug coverage for Medicare beneficiaries
— why protection may be in jeopardy | | Author(s) | Becky Briesacher, Bruce Stuart, Dennis Shea |
| Corporate Author | Commonwealth Fund |
| Publisher | The Commonwealth Fund, New York, NY, January 2002 |
| Pages | 7 pp (Issue Brief) |
| Source | The Commonwealth Fund, One East 75th Street, New York, NY 10021-2692, USA. www.cmwf.org |
| Keywords | Drugs ; Prescription charges ; Health insurance ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Recent trends suggest a decline in Medicare beneficiaries' access to affordable prescription drug benefits. This analysis evaluates trends based on data for 1993 to 1998, since when there has been a decline. It notes that older people with drug benefits spent 35% more out-of-pocket in 1998 than they did in 1993; and it is likely that older people on modest or low incomes will find it difficult to obtain the medication they need. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020219215 P |
| Classmark | LLD: J9: WPG: 7T * |
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