The Commonwealth Fund and the Alliance for Health Reform are sponsoring a November 5 luncheon briefing about Medicare Part D. The briefing will aim to answer questions like: Do beneficiaries continue to fill prescriptions when they reach the "doughnut hole" and the full cost comes out of their pockets? Do beneficiaries in rural areas have access to pharmacies that can handle this new benefit? How are dually-eligible beneficiaries, those eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid, faring?
Panelists will be: Tracey McCutcheon, deputy director of the Medicare Drug Benefit Group at CMS; Stuart Guterman, senior program director for The Commonwealth Fund's Program on Medicare's Future; Laura Summer, senior research scholar at Georgetown University's Health Policy Institute; and John Rother, policy and strategy director for the AARP. Ed Howard of the Alliance will moderate.
WHEN: Monday, November 5, 12:15 PM to 2:00 PM (Lunch available at noon)
WHERE: Room G-50, Dirksen Senate Office Building
For more information, go to www.allhealth.org.