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January 29, 2006
Medicare Drug Benefit Enrollment Update and New State-Specific Data

From The Kaiser Family Foundation:

A new enrollment update breaks down and explains the statistics related to enrollment under the new Medicare drug benefit and the separate low-income subsidy program that provides additional assistance. A separate update on dual eligibles and Medicare Part D summarizes the early implementation of the Medicare drug benefit for the more than six million Medicare beneficiaries whose prescription drug coverage switched from Medicaid to Medicare plans on January 1. The latest state-by-state enrollment data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, including the percentage of Medicare beneficiaries with drug coverage through the new benefit as well as type of coverage by state, is now available on statehealthfacts.org. Read more from this post.
Posted on January 29, 2006 11:08 PM



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