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Publication Date: July 2004
Publisher: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Author(s):
Research Area: Health
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
This paper identifies and examines consumer protection issues that arise from the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003. Key issue areas include: beneficiary information, marketing, enrollment and disenrollment, the drug benefit package and cost-sharing, the appeals process, concerns for low-income beneficiaries, challenges for nursing home issues, and fraud and abuse.