Prescription drug coverage and spending for Medicare beneficiaries.
Year: 1999
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Outpatient prescription drug coverage is not a Medicare covered benefit. Debate continues in Congress and elsewhere on modernizing the Medicare benefit package, including proposals that would help the Nation's seniors pay for prescription drugs. Very little is known about which persons within the Medicare population have drug coverage from other sources. Using 1995 data from the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS), the authors present information on who has coverage by various sociodemographic categories. The data indicate higher-than-average levels of coverage for minority persons, beneficiaries eligible for Medicare because of disability, and those with higher incomes.
Source: PubMed Central
Authors: J A Poisal, L A Murray, G S Chulis, B S Cooper
Institution: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Language: English
Subfield: Economics and Econometrics
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2185669558