Law & Health Weekly
Welcome to NewsRx!
Learn more about a six-week, no-risk free trial of Law & Health Weekly
We're a pay-per-view site for premium content. If you'd like to purchase this article, it's only $3.00.
Prescription Drugs
Low-income enrollments lagging for Medicare drug cards, Thompson
June 26th, 2004
Low-income enrollments are lagging for the new Medicare drug discount cards that took effect June 1, 2004, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tommy Thompson said. All but about a half-million of the 2.87 million cards approved by the government so far have been issued to people who participate in Medicare managed care plans and who were automatically enrolled in the card offered by their insurer, Thompson said at a meeting with reporters. Medicare chief Mark McClellan said hundreds of thousands of disabled and older Americans with low incomes are "enrolled now or are in process." He and Thompson declined to be more specific. ...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2004-06-26)
|
