Title: Implications of the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit for Dual Eligibles and State Medicaid Programs
Abstract: This report discusses the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA, P.L. 108-173), which added a new Medicare prescription drug benefit, implemented in January 2006. This report focuses on MMA provisions that added a voluntary prescription drug benefit under a new Medicare Part D, and the effect of this new benefit both on individuals who are dually eligible for Medicaid and Medicare, and on state Medicaid programs.
Publication Year: 2006
Publication Date: 2006-01-19
Language: en
Type: article
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