Author Interviews, Cost of Health Care, Pharmacology, University of Pittsburgh / 09.06.2014
Assigning Low Income Medicare Enrollees to Least Expensive Plan May Save Billions
MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
Yuting Zhang, Ph.D.
Associate professor
Graduate School of Public Health Department of Health Policy and Management.
University of Pittsburgh
MedicalResearch: What are the main findings of the study?
Dr. Zhang: Since 2006, the government has randomly assigned low-income enrollees to stand-alone Part D plans, based upon the region in which they live. If low-income Medicare Part D enrollees were assigned to the least expensive plan instead of a random plan, the government and beneficiaries could save more than $5 billion in the first year.
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