tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2004 Issue 7

Medicare Reform Law: Complexity For Consumers Is A Huge Hurdle

Success of new Medicare may depend on communication with beneficiaries.Offering Medicare beneficiaries reliable, comprehensible information to aid their choices in drug coverage will be a daunting task, but it's crucial to success of the Medicare prescription-drug legislation. That was the opinion voiced by John Rother, top lobbyist for the big senior lobby AARP, and Urban Institute President Robert Reischauer at AcademyHealth's health-policy conference Jan. 28. The legislation "is important" and will "help a lot of people," said Reischauer. Nevertheless, beneficiaries won't realize benefits unless they make the right choices about whether and when to sign up for...

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