The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003
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The major provisions of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 are discussed. The provisions include a prescription drug discount card program for Medicare beneficiaries for receiving discount on their prescription drug and a voluntary prescription drug benefit scheme for Medicare beneficiaries to enroll in a stand-alone drug plan or for joining in a private health plan offering drug coverage.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2004
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Factors associated with vaccination of Medicare beneficiaries in five U.S. communities: results from the racial and ethnic adult disparities in immunization initiative survey, 2003
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An analysis on the outcomes of pneumococcal and influenza vaccination across five geographically diverse United States communities, according Racial and Ethnic Adult Disparities in Immunization Initiative Survey 2003, is presented.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2006
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Will the medicare prescription drug benefit eliminate cost barriers for older adults with diabetes mellitus?
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A cross-sectional survey is conducted among older people with diabetes mellitus, to find out the eligible candidates for enrolling in the standard Medicare Part D drug benefit.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2006
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