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County-Level Estimates of Medicare
Beneficiaries Eligible for But Not Enrolled in the Low-Income Subsidy
Prescription Drug Program
The Medicare Part D outpatient
prescription drug program subsidizes low-income Medicare beneficiaries
to participate in the program and lower their out-of-pocket costs for
prescription drugs. As of April 2008, estimates suggest that almost 80%
of the persons eligible for the low-income subsidy are participating in
the program. However, despite significant efforts by the Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services and its partners to enroll as many
eligible persons as possible, 5.6% of rural Medicare beneficiaries and
3.7% of urban Medicare beneficiaries are estimated to be eligible for
but not enrolled in the low-income subsidy program. The state
tables below, with county-level estimates of the
eligible-but-not-enrolled population, are designed to
aid state and local agencies in the targeting effort at the local level.
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