Reports and Studies
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Organizations Offering Benchmark Plans: Comparing 2007 to 2008
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- Click here for a chart comparing the number of organizations offering benchmark plans in 2007 and 2008 in each state (February 28, 2008)...
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Issue Brief - Medicare Part D Plans Fail Limited English Proficient Beneficiaries - The Greenlining Institute & The National Senior Citizens Law Center
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- The issue brief from Greenlinging and NSCLC describes the challenges faced by limited English proficient Medicare beneficiaries conacting Medicare Part D plans for information (December 21, 2007)...
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Best Practices: Serving Limited-English Proficient Medicare Part D Beneficiaries
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- Private health plans offering Medicare prescription drug coverage are responsible for providing prescription drug coverage to all qualified Medicare beneficiaries who are proficient in English as well...
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State-By-State Analysis of Low Income Beneficiaries Affected by Changes to Plan Premiums
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- Click here to see how many beneficiaries in each state will need to change plans to avoid a premium in 2008 (November 20, 2007)...
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State-by-State Analaysis of Plans Available to Low Income Subsidy Recipients for No Premium
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- Click here for a state by state analysis (November 20, 2007)...
- What's Happening to Low Income Subsidy Beneficiaries
- In Medicare Part D the plans that serve Low Income Subsidy recipients change annually. Below you will find links to data regarding changes to these plans for select states. For each state there are ...
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New Report Explores Challenges Faced by Low Income Beneficiaries; Recommends Improvements
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- The Commonwealth Fund report was co-authored by Jeanne Finberg of National Senior Citizens Law Center with significant contribution from the rest of NSCLC's Oakland office (May 2007)...
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Perspectives on Medicare Part D and Dual Eligibles: Key Informants' Views From Three States
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- This Kaiser sponsored paper explores the effect of Medicare Part D on dual eligibles in Washington, Connecticut and Florida (May 2007)...
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GAO Report Describes Medicare Prescription Drug Auto-Enrollment Time Lags; Faults CMS for Failing to Ensure Dual Eligibles are Reimbursed for Out-of-Pocket Costs
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- Click here to view the report...
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MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG PLANS FAIL LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENT BENEFICIARIES
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- This new report reveals that Medicare Prescription Drug Plans are not meeting their obligation to provide language appropriate services to Limited English Proficient beneficiaries (2/27/07)...