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Pathways to Care: Experiences with Long-Term Care in Illinois
This spotlight summarizes the issues Illinois caregivers and older adults faced in finding long-term care resources and the quality of care received, and uses those themes to identify areas for improvement along the pathway to care.
Date: April 2, 2024
Millions of People Pay Medicare Late-Enrollment Penalties for Life after Missing Key Deadlines
This Spotlight report describes Medicare’s enrollment rules, the situations in which late-enrollment penalties apply (and when they don’t), how many people are paying these penalties, and who is most likely to incur penalties.
Date: March 15, 2024
The Importance of Prescription Drugs to Midlife Medicaid Enrollees
This Fact Sheet looks at prescription drug use among midlife Medicaid enrollees, examines a set of baseline trends (who fills prescriptions, where they live, and how often they fill prescriptions), the types of drugs midlife Medicaid enrollees fill, and the impact of state expansion of Medicaid on prescription drug use among this population.
Date: February 20, 2024
A New Era for State Pharmaceutical Assistance Programs That Serve Older Adults
This Spotlight examines the existing State Pharmaceutical Assistance Programs (SPAPs) and their characteristics and highlights how specific federal prescription drug reforms could generate savings for SPAPs and provide an opportunity for states to revisit these important programs.
Date: January 25, 2024
