Medicare Part D - Economics
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Monday, November 23, 2009

The Medicare drug benefit: update on the low-income subsidy.

29 Jul 2009 The Medicare drug benefit (Medicare "Part D"), provides federal subsidies to pay premiums and cost sharing for low-income beneficiaries--almost 10 million in 2009. Yet there are several policy issues concerning these low-income beneficiaries under ... Read more...

The effect of Medicare Part D on drug and medical spending.

30 Jun 2009 BACKGROUND: It is not known what effect the increased use of prescription drugs by enrollees in Medicare Part D has had on spending for other medical care. METHODS: We compared spending for prescription drugs and other medical care 2 years before ... Read more...

Vaccine supply, demand, and policy: a primer.

29 Jun 2009 OBJECTIVE: To provide an overview of supply and demand issues in the vaccine industry and the policy options that have been implemented to resolve these issues. DATA SOURCES: Medline, Policy File, and International Pharmaceutical Abstracts were ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Medicare Part D - Economics'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• PDPs see increases in cost-sharing amounts. 30 Jul 2009
• The Medicare drug benefit: update on the low-income subsidy. 29 Jul 2009
• Medicare Part D update--lessons learned and unfinished business. 21 Jul 2009
• The effect of Medicare Part D on drug and medical spending. 30 Jun 2009
• Long-term care: a test bed for coming reform. 29 Jun 2009
• Vaccine supply, demand, and policy: a primer. 29 Jun 2009
• It's time to bail out seniors trapped in the Medicare donut hole! 29 Jun 2009
• Awareness of pharmaceutical cost-assistance programs among inner-city seniors. 30 Mar 2009
• Effect of an expenditure cap on low-income seniors' drug use and spending in a state pharmacy assistance program. 28 Feb 2009
• A medication therapy management program's impact on low-density lipoprotein cholesterol goal attainment in Medicare Part D patients with diabetes. 27 Feb 2009
• Medicare Part D coverage gap and diabetes beneficiaries. 27 Feb 2009
• The challenge of Medicare Part D for community pharmacies. 27 Feb 2009
• Access to prescription drugs for Medicare beneficiaries. 27 Feb 2009
• Projecting future drug expenditures--2009. 30 Jan 2009
• Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003: implications for the future of health care. 30 Jan 2009
• Getting there from here: how should Obama reform health care? 24 Jan 2009
• Continuing effects of Medicare Part D on rural independent pharmacies who are the sole retail provider in their community. 19 Jan 2009
• Safety-net hospitals see more financial good than bad from Medicare Part D. 13 Jan 2009
• Medicare program; Medicare Advantage and prescription drug benefit programs: negotiated pricing and remaining revisions. Final rule with comment period. 10 Jan 2009
• Pharmaceuticals and medical devices: cost savings. 3 Jan 2009

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Technical information about 'Medicare Part D'

Definition: A stand-alone drug plan offered by insurers and other private companies to beneficiaries that receive their Medicare Part A and/or B benefits through the Original Medicare Plan. It includes Medicare Private Fee-for-Service Plans that do not offer prescription drug coverage and Medicare Cost Plans offering Medicare prescription drug coverage. The plan was enacted as the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 with coverage beginning January 1, 2006.

Descriptor UI: D054524

Alternative terms: Medicare Part D; Part D, Medicare; PL 108-173; PL 108 173;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N03.219.521.576.343.575.500; N03.219.521.576.343.840.938;

History Note: 2008