Caught in between: prescription drug coverage of Medicare beneficiaries near poverty
| dc.contributor.author | Shea, Dennis G. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Stuart, Bruce | |
| dc.contributor.author | Briesacher, Becky A. | |
| dc.date | 2022-08-11T08:09:22.000 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-23T16:28:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-08-23T16:28:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2003-08-01 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2011-12-09 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Caught in Between: Prescription Drug Coverage of Medicare Beneficiaries Near Poverty, Dennis G. Shea, Bruce C. Stuart, and Becky Briesacher, The Commonwealth Fund, August 2003, p.1-8. <a href="http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Publications/Issue-Briefs/2003/Aug/Caught-in-Between--Prescription-Drug-Coverage-of-Medicare-Beneficiaries-Near-Poverty.aspx">Link to article on publisher's website</a> | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1558-6847 (Linking) | |
| dc.identifier.pmid | 12926411 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/36932 | |
| dc.description | <p>At the time of publication, Becky Briesacher was not yet affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Medical School.</p> | |
| dc.description.abstract | As Congress continues to debate whether and how to add prescription drug coverage to Medicare, beneficiaries with incomes near the poverty level are in danger of being overlooked. These vulnerable low-income individuals, sometimes labeled the “near poor,” have too much income or too many assets to qualify for public assistance, yet are still quite needy. As a result, they find themselves caught between public programs that are available for the poor and private coverage that is affordable for higher-income beneficiaries. | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.relation | <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&list_uids=12926411&dopt=Abstract">Link to Article in PubMed</a> | |
| dc.subject | Aged | |
| dc.subject | Cost Sharing | |
| dc.subject | Forecasting | |
| dc.subject | Humans | |
| dc.subject | Income | |
| dc.subject | Insurance Coverage | |
| dc.subject | Insurance, Pharmaceutical Services | |
| dc.subject | jurisprudence | |
| dc.subject | Medicare | |
| dc.subject | Poverty | |
| dc.subject | United States | |
| dc.subject | Health Services Research | |
| dc.subject | Primary Care | |
| dc.title | Caught in between: prescription drug coverage of Medicare beneficiaries near poverty | |
| dc.type | Journal Article | |
| dc.source.journaltitle | Issue brief (Commonwealth Fund) | |
| dc.source.issue | 669 | |
| dc.identifier.legacyfulltext | https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1616&context=meyers_pp&unstamped=1 | |
| dc.identifier.legacycoverpage | https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/meyers_pp/318 | |
| dc.identifier.contextkey | 2396679 | |
| refterms.dateFOA | 2022-08-23T16:28:04Z | |
| html.description.abstract | <p>As Congress continues to debate whether and how to add prescription drug coverage to Medicare, beneficiaries with incomes near the poverty level are in danger of being overlooked. These vulnerable low-income individuals, sometimes labeled the “near poor,” have too much income or too many assets to qualify for public assistance, yet are still quite needy. As a result, they find themselves caught between public programs that are available for the poor and private coverage that is affordable for higher-income beneficiaries.</p> | |
| dc.identifier.submissionpath | meyers_pp/318 | |
| dc.contributor.department | Meyers Primary Care Institute | |
| dc.contributor.department | Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine | |
| dc.source.pages | 1-8 |
