[20060119]RS21837_医疗保险处方药福利对双优生和州医疗补助计划的影响.pdf

1 Some groups (including the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, CMS) include in thedefinition of “dual eligibles” those low-income Medicare beneficiaries for whom Medicaid onlycovers some Medicare cost-sharing.Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS WebOrder Code RS21837Updated January 19, 2006Implications of the Medicare PrescriptionDrug Benefit for Dual Eligibles and State Medicaid ProgramsKaren TritzAnalyst of Social LegislationDomestic Social Policy DivisionSummaryThe Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003(MMA, P.L. 108-173), added a new Medicare prescription drug benefit, which wasimplemented in January 2006. This benefit has a significant effect on Medicaidbeneficiaries who also have Medicare coverage (i.e., “dual eligibles”) and on stateMedicaid programs, as discussed in this report. In fact, this group is the focus of recentimplementation concerns regarding the new benefit. The report does not includechanges to Medicaid that may be made if the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (S. 1932)is enacted. This report will be updated.IntroductionThe Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvem