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Medicare: Beneficiaries' Prescription Drug Coverage

T-HEHS-99-198 Published: Sep 28, 1999. Publicly Released: Sep 28, 1999.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed Medicare beneficiaries' access to prescription drug coverage, focusing on: (1) how growth in presciption drug spending for both the general population and Medicare beneficiaries has made coverage such an important policy issue; (2) the sources and extent of Medicare beneficiary drug coverage; and (3) benefit design and implementation issues to be considered in deliberations about adding a new prescription drug benefit.

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