tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2003 Issue 31

Medicare Reform: DISCOUNT CARD AGREEMENT PUTS MOMENTUM BACK IN MEDICARE REFORM NEGOTIATIONS... BUT FOR HOW LONG?

House and Senate Medicare conferees have reached a "tentative agreement" on rules for prescription-drug discount cards, conference Chair Bill Thomas (R-CA) announced Aug. 5. Thomas said "some technical drafting still needs to be completed," but "only one issue remains" regarding the cards, which are intended to provide beneficiaries with discounts during the gap between passage of legislation and the launch of a full-scale benefit in 2006. The outstanding issue is understood to be to what extent low-income beneficiaries will be required to make copayments. If the agreement holds, it would be the second partial agreement reached by the...

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