Understanding the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program

Health Reform GPS, a joint project of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the George Washington University Department of Health Policy, has posted an overview of the Medicare Prescription Drug Discount and Rebate Program, as well as a description of the aid made available to low-income Medicare beneficiaries by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The overview provides some background on the Medicare Prescription Drug benefit, the changes that were made by ACA, and the plan for implementing these reform benefits.

Click here to read the Medicare Prescription Drug benefit overview.

Click here to read an LA Times article regarding when seniors may expect to receive rebate checks as part of the reform benefit.