Studies examine
Medicare prescription drug benefit outreach efforts and access to care among uninsured
middle-class, low-income children.
- "Medicare Part D: State and Local
Efforts To Assist Vulnerable Beneficiaries," Commonwealth Fund: The brief, by Laura Summer
and colleagues, identifies key "best practices" of national
Medicare prescription drug benefit outreach and education initiatives,
including collaborative efforts and programs to provide assistance for
culturally and linguistically diverse populations (National Senior Citizens Law Center release, 5/5).
- "Uninsured Kids in Middle Class Have
Same Unmet Needs as Poor," University of Rochester Medical Center: The study by Laura Shone of
URMC found that uninsured children in families with incomes between
$38,000 and $77,000 are just as likely to go without health care services
as uninsured children in lower-income families. In addition, more than 40%
of children in the higher income brackets who are uninsured all year do
not see physicians or have any use of prescription medicines during the
year (URMC release, 5/5).
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