The Latest Reports in Health Policy | Tutorial Examines Federal Budget's Effect on Health Policy; Survey Shows Seniors' Feelings About Medicare Drug Benefit

Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report

[Feb 28, 2006]

Federal Budget and Health Policy Tutorial, kaiserEDU.org: Tim Westmoreland, visiting professor of law at Georgetown University and former counsel to the House Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, narrates a Kaiser Family Foundation slide tutorial on the federal budget policy and how it affects health policy (Kaiser Family Foundation release, 2/27).
"Choosing a Medicare Drug Plan More of a Challenge for Seniors Than Using One," Wall Street Journal Online/Harris Interactive Health Care Poll: According to the online survey of 2,477 U.S. adults, 60% of seniors who have enrolled in a Medicare prescription drug plan somewhat agree or strongly agree that it is or has been difficult to choose a plan, and 53% say that it has been difficult to understand the benefits. The survey also notes that once seniors enrolled in a plan, 26% found the plan difficult to use (Wall Street Journal Online/Harris Interactive Health Care Poll, "Choosing a Medicare Drug Plan More of a Challenge for Seniors Than Using One," 2/23).

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