tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2003 Issue 39
Medicare Reform: MEDICARE VS. MEDICAID: WHO SHOULD PAY FOR DUAL ELIGIBLES?
The Bush administration continues to believe that people dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid should continue receiving prescription-drug coverage through Medicaid, if a Medicare drug benefit is enacted, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Tom Scully said at a House hearing Oct. 8. The administration believes that each new dollar set aside for a Medicare drug benefit should "cover a new senior" who doesn't get assistance with drug purchases today, said Scully at the hearing on funding troubles in the Medicaid program. But Scully's statement begs the question: The pharmaceutical industry, all 50 governors, most members of Congress...
To read the full article, sign in and subscribe to tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement.
Thank you for choosing Find-A-Code, please Sign In to remove ads.
Quick, Current, Complete - www.findacode.com