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Wednesday, November 19, 2003It would largely eliminate Medicaid’s supplemental — or “wrap around” — role under the new Medicare drug benefit. As a result, substantial numbers of poor elderly and people with disabilities would be forced to pay significantly more for their prescriptions than they now do. Those who could not afford the higher co-payments could lose access to some of the prescription drugs they need. In addition, in cases where Medicaid covers a prescription drug but the private plan that administers the Medicare drug benefit in the local area does not provide that drug under Medicare, poor elderly and disabled beneficiaries who now receive the drug through Medicaid could lose access to it. Given their limited incomes, such people generally would not be able to afford such drugs on their own. The elimination of Medicaid wrap-around coverage has been added in recent days in the conference in order to save money by reducing Medicaid costs. The resulting savings have apparently been used elsewhere in the drug bill to satisfy more powerful constituencies. That's our Congressmen. Always with an eye toward the good of the middle class. posted by Sydney on 11/19/2003 08:05:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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