Kaiser Family Foundation

Study examines Medicare drug cards

Published in Pharma Law Weekly, August 17th, 2004

Buttressing Bush administration claims, the new Medicare discount drug cards offer savings off retail prescription prices, an independent analysis says.

But a bewildering array of choices among more than 5 dozen drug cards is causing confusion among older and disabled Americans and limiting enrollment in the 2-month-old program, said the study prepared for the nonpartisan, not-for-profit Kaiser Family Foundation.

More than 4 million people, including nearly a million who receive an annual low-income subsidy of $600, have drug cards, although most were automatically enrolled by their HMOs or state pharmacy assistance program. The card is temporary, to...

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