Eligible But Not Enrolled? Potential for Targeting Over a Half-Million Rural Medicare Beneficiaries for Enrollment in the Low-Income Subsidy Prescription Drug Program
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Discusses the Medicare Part D low-income subsidy (LIS), which is designed to help low-income persons access the prescription drug benefit with reduced premiums and lower out-of-pocket costs. Included chart shows enrollment in Medicare Part D prescription drug plans and the LIS by state.
Author(s)
Timothy D. McBride, Keith J. Mueller
Date
12/2008
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Document
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RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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Medicare · Pharmacy and prescription drugs · Rural-urban differences · State-by-state data · Statistics and data · State-by-state