tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2006 Issue 2

PART D: Prescription Drug Plan Draws Meager Turnout From Low-Income Seniors

Advocacy groups criticize drug plan's complexity and propose new protections for bewildered eligibles.Confusion about the new Medicare prescription drug program could cost millions of non-Medicaid low-income seniors the very subsidies the program affords them.The Congressional Budget Office projects that 5.7 million non-Medicaid low-income seniors and disabled persons are eligible for drug subsidies in 2006. Among these qualified individuals, 3.8 million people have applied as of Nov. 29, but only 660,000--fewer than 12 percent--have approval for subsidies, according to the Social Security Administration."The most important part of the new Medicare drug legislation was the...

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