Eligibility and Take-up of the Medicare Part D Low-Income Subsidy

• Main Authors: J. Samantha Shoemaker (Author), Amy J. Davidoff (Author), Bruce Stuart (Author), Ilene H. Zuckerman (Author), Eberechukwu Onukwugha (Author), Christopher Powers (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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There is concern about poor take-up of the Medicare Part D Low-Income Subsidy (LIS), but uncertainty in published estimates. The Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS), which contains Medicare LIS enrollment records and extensive survey data on individual beneficiary characteristics, would appea...