Even senior tax lawyers who acknowledge benefits in the program see room for improvement.
And in the Gore-Lieberman administration, we're going to pass a prescription drug benefit in the Medicare program for all of our seniors.
THE prospects are even more problematic for legislation creating a new prescription drug benefit in the Medicare program, another priority for the Democrats.
The legislation passed by Congress this week to establish a prescription drug benefit in the Medicare program specifically forbids the government to use its influence to negotiate lower drug prices.
Indeed, much of the reason for providing health coverage to retirees was the absence of a drug benefit in the Medicare program, said Joe Martingale of Watson Wyatt Worldwide, an employee benefits consulting firm.
Correction: January 3 , 2001 Wednesday A front-page article on Monday about increased insurance coverage for mental health care referred incorrectly to the nine million people who will benefit from changes in the program for federal employees.
Although no causal relationship can be stated, the results of our study suggest a possible benefit of participating in the program in terms of subjective health, emotional well-being, and generic as well as disease-specific HRQoL.
The long-term adherence to exercise training is the critical factor in sustaining the clinical benefit in the home setting program.
In the interests of fairness, Congress should insist that the drug benefits in the traditional program be roughly comparable to those in the private plans, especially in terms of providing coverage for all beneficiaries.
In the interest of getting all of the support you possible can, you MUST know about these special, sometimes hidden benefits in the Medicare program.
