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Wisconsin Begins To Enroll Seniors in Medicaid
Prescription Drug Assistance Program
By: Unknown Author
Kaiser family Foundation, July 2, 2002
Wisconsin on July 1
opened enrollment for its SeniorCare program, which helps the state's
lowest-income seniors with the cost of prescription drugs, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
reports (Johnson, Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel, 7/1). To qualify for the program, a couple
must have an annual household income of $28,656 or less, and depending on
income level, some seniors will be required to pay a $500 annual
deductible. All participants will pay a $20 enrollment fee and $5 for each
generic drug and $15 for each brand-name drug (Kaiser Daily Health Policy
Report, 6/17). State officials expect approximately
177,000 of the estimated 325,000 eligible seniors to enroll in the
program. An enrollment drive sponsored by AARP
Wisconsin signed up approximately 1,700 seniors. SeniorCare is
expected to cost $100 million the first year and $149 million in its
second year. During a July 1 news conference in Milwaukee with Gov. Scott
McCallum (R), HHS
Secretary Tommy Thompson, who was governor of Wisconsin until February
2001, signed a waiver to allow federal Medicaid funds to cover
approximately half of the program's costs (Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel, 7/1). Wisconsin is one of the first states
to take advantage of the federal Pharmacy Plus program, which allows
states to extend Medicaid prescription drug coverage to seniors.
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