Deemed eligible beneficiaries include full and partial benefit dually eligible people and those without Medicaid who receive Supplemental Security Income. Non-deemed beneficiaries qualify for the full subsidy if their incomes are below 135 percent of the federal poverty level...
Breast cancer outcomes are worse among black than white women, but the role of income and out-of-pocket costs (OOPCs) in these disparities is understudied. The Medicare D program provided medication insurance for older women and also included a low-income subsidy (LIS) which eliminated or redu...
to the editor: although medicare part d has improved access to prescription medications, drug costs remain a problem for many older adults. the medicare low-income subsidy program (extra help) and state-sponsored pharmaceutical assistance programs can help seniors mitigate this problem by providing ...
B.C. Green Leader Sonia Furstenau said her party is glad that government is paying attention to the SAFER program. “Low income seniors are struggling to get by, they are struggling to pay their housing costs, they are struggling to pay for their medication, for their food.” On t...
PNS105 ASSOCIATION OF LOW-INCOME SUBSIDY/DUAL ELIGIBILITY AND DISABILITY WITH HIGH-RISK MEDICATION USE AMONG PART D MEDICARE BENEFICIARIESdoi:10.1016/j.jval.2020.04.1108C. ChinthammitS. BhattacharjeeM. SlackW. Lo-CiganicT. WarholakValue in Health...
In Medicare Part D, random assignment and potential yearly reassignment to premium-free stand-alone prescription drug plans (PDPs) is the default plan enrollment option for low-income subsidy (LIS) recipients. Randomization can cause medication access issues, but the impacts on medication use remain...
PHP26 ANALYSIS OF THE SIX PROTECTED MEDICATION CLASSES BASED ON PLAN TYPE AND LOW INCOME SUBSIDY STATUS - Value in Healthdoi:10.1016/j.jval.2011.02.098S. BlackwellC. WaldronM. EvansValue in Health