Medicare's drug discount card program: beneficiaries' experience with choice
This article describes Medicare beneficiaries' experience with the choice among Medicare drug discount cards and is based primarily on surveys and focus groups with beneficiaries as well as interviews with other stakeholders. Although competition and choice have the potential to reduce cost and...
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| Published in: | Health care financing review Vol. 28; no. 4; pp. 1 - 13 |
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| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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United States
Superintendent of Documents
01-01-2007
CENTERS for MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES |
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| Summary: | This article describes Medicare beneficiaries' experience with the choice among Medicare drug discount cards and is based primarily on surveys and focus groups with beneficiaries as well as interviews with other stakeholders. Although competition and choice have the potential to reduce cost and enhance quality in the Medicare Program, our findings highlight some of the challenges involved in making choice work in practice. Despite the unique and temporary nature of the drug discount card program, these findings have considerable relevance to the Part D drug benefit and to other Medicare initiatives that rely on choice. |
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| Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
| ISSN: | 0195-8631 1554-9887 |