This report analyzes how the cost-sharing and premium provisions in Medicare would affect the amount that a beneficiary would pay annually for prescription drugs. It also gives examples of how annual cost-sharing would differ for beneficiaries with various levels of a total prescription under the plan's standard benefit.
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This report analyzes how the cost-sharing and premium provisions in Medicare would affect the amount that a beneficiary would pay annually for prescription drugs. It also gives examples of how annual cost-sharing would differ for beneficiaries with various levels of a total prescription under the plan's standard benefit.
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Peterson, Chris L. & Hahn, Jim S.Beneficiary Cost-Sharing Under the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit,
report,
December 31, 2003;
Washington D.C..
(https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc809434/:
accessed April 19, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu;
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