Low-Income/Poverty
State Pharmacy Assistance Programs 2001: An Array of Approaches
Research Report
David Gross, AARP Public Policy Institute
July 2001
Until such time as Medicare offers universal access to meaningful coverage for prescription drugs, states will likely continue to experiment with a variety of pharmaceutical assistance programs for older and disabled residents. In this AARP Public Policy Institute Issue Brief, David Gross provides background information about these programs and a context for analyzing them, compares and contrasts their main features, and briefly analyzes their impact and limitations. (13 pages)
Pub ID: IB50