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Author : Richard R. Cline
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book The Demand for a Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit written by Richard R. Cline and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Issues in Designing a Prescription Drug Benefit for Medicare written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Medicare Handbook written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Florian Heiss
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Mind the Gap! written by Florian Heiss and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medicare Part D provides prescription drug coverage through Medicare approved plans offered by private insurance companies and HMOs. In this paper, we study the role of current prescription drug use and health risks, related expectations, and subjective factors in the demand for prescription drug insurance. To characterize rational behavior in the complex Part D environment, we develop an intertemporal optimization model of enrollment decisions. We generally find that seniors' choices respond to the incentives provided by their own health status and the market environment as predicted by the optimization model. The proportion of individuals who do not attain the optimal choice is small, but the margin for error is also small since enrollment is transparently optimal for most eligible seniors. Further, there is also evidence that seniors over-react to some salient features of the choice situation, do not take full account of the future benefit and cost consequences of their decisions, or the expected net benefits and risk properties of alternative plans.
Author : Patricia Barry
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470477105
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage For Dummies written by Patricia Barry and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-11-24 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Confused about Medicare’s drug coverage? You’re not alone. Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage For Dummies explains Part D in plain English and shows you how to find the best deal among numerous drug-coverage plan options. Whether you’re new to Medicare or already in the program, you’ll navigate the system with more ease and confidence, avoid pitfalls and scams, and have plenty of help choosing the plan that’s right for you. This easy-to-understand, consumer-friendly guide helps you find out whether Part D affects any drug coverage you already have and weigh the consequences of going without coverage. You’ll find ways to compare plans, identify the one that covers your drugs at the least cost, and make sure you sign up at the right time. And you’ll learn how to minimize your expenses, use the “right” pharmacies, and troubleshoot any problems with your coverage. Discover how to: Decide whether you need Part D Understand how Part D works, from costs to coverage Choose and enroll in the best plan for you Get up and running with Part D Handle the coverage gap Lower your drug costs Join and switch plans Comply with long-term-care rules and rights Challenge plan decisions Avoid scams and hard-sell marketing Now, more than ever, you need clear, reliable information that helps you understand Part D and make smart, cost-saving healthcare decisions. You need Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage For Dummies.
Author : Julie Ann Somers
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1437940390
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (379 download)
Download or read book Effects of Using Generic Drugs on Medicare's Prescription Drug Spending written by Julie Ann Somers and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. Contents:(1) Overview of the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program: Design of the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit; Distribution of Spending in Medicare Part D; The Role of Private Plans in Medicare Part D; (2) Generic Drugs in Medicare Part D: Generic Substitution; Therapeutic Substitution; Comparing Potential Savings from Generic and Therapeutic Substitution; (3) Implications of Future Developments: First-Time Generic Entry; New Brand-Name Drugs; Biologics. (4) Appendix: Description of Data Used in This Analysis. Charts and tables.
Author : Congressional Budget Congressional Budget Office
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781503231214
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (312 download)
Download or read book Issues in Designing a Prescription Drug Benefit for Medicare written by Congressional Budget Congressional Budget Office and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-11-15 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of lawmakers' highest health-related priorities is adding a prescription drug benefit to Medicare. Although that program gives older Americans broad insurance coverage for many health needs, it provides only limited coverage of drugs not dispensed during a hospital stay. That gap in coverage has become increasingly significant as prescription drugs have assumed greater importance in the treatment of disease and as spending for outpatient prescription drugs has soared. Designing a Medicare drug benefit is a complex task, however. The competing goals for such a benefit mean that policymakers must make trade-offs (such as between broad coverage or widespread enrollment and cost). They must consider many different design elements and how those elements might interact. And they must try to avoid various problems that arise in creating such a benefit. Ultimately, the choices that designers make will affect not only the cost of the benefit but a host of other factors, such as demand for and prices of prescription drugs, spending by other federal and state programs, and how various parts of the market for health insurance operate. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has had to wrestle with those issues in recent years to produce cost estimates of the various Medicare drug proposals debated in the Congress. This study summarizes the main design choices facing policymakers and explores the implications of those choices for cost and coverage. To illustrate the effect of those choices on cost, it also discusses CBO's cost estimates for four proposals that represent a broad array of designs for a Medicare drug benefit. For the sake of simplicity, this study focuses on a standalone drug benefit-one that would be a freestanding addition to Medicare rather than part of a broad effort to restructure the program. Broad reform proposals raise important policy issues but ones that are beyond the scope of this analysis.
Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309468086
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (94 download)
Download or read book Making Medicines Affordable written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2018-03-01 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thanks to remarkable advances in modern health care attributable to science, engineering, and medicine, it is now possible to cure or manage illnesses that were long deemed untreatable. At the same time, however, the United States is facing the vexing challenge of a seemingly uncontrolled rise in the cost of health care. Total medical expenditures are rapidly approaching 20 percent of the gross domestic product and are crowding out other priorities of national importance. The use of increasingly expensive prescription drugs is a significant part of this problem, making the cost of biopharmaceuticals a serious national concern with broad political implications. Especially with the highly visible and very large price increases for prescription drugs that have occurred in recent years, finding a way to make prescription medicinesâ€"and health care at largeâ€"more affordable for everyone has become a socioeconomic imperative. Affordability is a complex function of factors, including not just the prices of the drugs themselves, but also the details of an individual's insurance coverage and the number of medical conditions that an individual or family confronts. Therefore, any solution to the affordability issue will require considering all of these factors together. The current high and increasing costs of prescription drugsâ€"coupled with the broader trends in overall health care costsâ€"is unsustainable to society as a whole. Making Medicines Affordable examines patient access to affordable and effective therapies, with emphasis on drug pricing, inflation in the cost of drugs, and insurance design. This report explores structural and policy factors influencing drug pricing, drug access programs, the emerging role of comparative effectiveness assessments in payment policies, changing finances of medical practice with regard to drug costs and reimbursement, and measures to prevent drug shortages and foster continued innovation in drug development. It makes recommendations for policy actions that could address drug price trends, improve patient access to affordable and effective treatments, and encourage innovations that address significant needs in health care.
Author : PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
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Total Pages : 13 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (576 download)
Download or read book Impact of the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit on Low-income Beneficiaries written by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. General Accounting Office
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Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Medicare, Prescription Drug Issues written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309158060
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Rare Diseases and Orphan Products written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2011-04-03 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rare diseases collectively affect millions of Americans of all ages, but developing drugs and medical devices to prevent, diagnose, and treat these conditions is challenging. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommends implementing an integrated national strategy to promote rare diseases research and product development.
Author : Leslie G. Aronovitz (au)
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781422306734
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (67 download)
Download or read book Medicare written by Leslie G. Aronovitz (au) and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2006-08 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Jan. 1, 2006, Medicare began providing coverage for outpatient prescription drugs through its new Part D benefit. Beneficiaries who enroll in Part D may choose a drug plan from those offered by private plan sponsors under contract to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Serv. (CMS), which administers the Part D benefit. Beneficiaries have until May 15, 2006, to enroll in the Part D benefit & select a plan without the risk of penalties. This report reviews the quality of CMS's commun. on the Part D benefit. This report: examined 70 CMS publications to select 6 documents to review & evaluate the clarity of these texts; made 500 calls to the 1-800-MEDICARE help line; & evaluated the usability of the Medicare Web site. Illus.
Author : U. S. Department of Health and Human Services
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781502429995
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)
Download or read book What You Need to Know about Extra Help with Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Costs written by U. S. Department of Health and Human Services and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-09-19 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide provides information about Social Security's Application for Extra Help with Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Costs (Form SSA-1020). Under the Medicare prescription drug program, the States take and process applications for assistance with prescription drug costs. Please refer questions about your State's process to your State's Medicaid agency. Medicare beneficiaries entitled to or enrolled in Medicare hospital insurance (Part A) or Medicare supplemental medical insurance (Part B) can enroll in the voluntary Medicare prescription drug program. To get this prescription drug coverage, Medicare beneficiaries must join a plan run by an insurance company or other private company approved by Medicare. Medicare-approved prescription drug plans can vary in cost. Medicare beneficiaries are responsible for the monthly premiums, annual deductibles, and prescription co-payments related to their Medicare prescription drug coverage. Medicare beneficiaries with limited resources and income are eligible for Extra Help to pay for their share of the prescription drug coverage. Individuals eligible for Extra Help receive a full or partial subsidy up to the benchmark premium for a base plan. To get Extra Help, Medicare beneficiaries must enroll in a Medicare-approved prescription drug plan.
Author : Anna Cook
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ISBN 13 : 9781457856631
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (566 download)
Download or read book Competition and the Cost of Medicare's Prescription Drug Program written by Anna Cook and published by . This book was released on 2014-09-03 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (the Medicare Modernization Act, or MMA) substantially expanded the federal Medicare program by creating the prescription drug benefit known as Part D. In FY 2013, Medicare Part D covered 39 million people. The federal government spent $59 billion net of premiums on Part D in that year; after accounting for certain payments from states under the program, the net federal cost was $50 billion, which represented 10% of net federal spending for Medicare. A combination of broader trends in the prescription drug market and lower-than-expected enrollment in Part D has contributed to much lower spending for the program than projected when the MMA became law in 2003. This report examines the federal budgetary cost and competitive design of Medicare Part D and compares Medicare Part D and Medicaid Fee for Service. Figures and tables. This is a print on demand report.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on Human Rights and Wellness
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book A New Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on Human Rights and Wellness and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Prescription Drug Pricing and Negotiation written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Health
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Creating a Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Health and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
