tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2003 Issue 26

Medicare Rx: MEDICARE OVERHAUL ADVANCES IN HOUSE

Medicare beneficiaries would receive 100 percent coverage of drug expenses after spending $3,500 out-of-pocket under bills approved by two House committees last week. That's down from $3,700 in the proposal unveiled June 12 by Ways and Means chair Bill Thomas (R-CA) and Energy and Commerce chair Billy Tauzin (R-LA). Ways and Means voted 25-15 on June 17 to add a prescription drug to Medicare and increase the role of competition and private plans in the program. Democrat Earl Pomeroy (ND), who voted aye, was the only panel member to cross party lines. Commerce approved its version of...

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