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Many more people on Medicare have a negative than a positive perception of Congress’ 2003 prescription drug law, according to a survey released last week by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH...
...biggest challenge is going to be to explain to people how this law affects them personally,” said Brodie, who was part of the research team that designed and analyzed the survey. “Until people have to go out and make choices, they’re just not going to know how this law will affect them...
...survey also noted that Republicans had not yet reaped any significant benefits from the law’s passage...
...survey found that seniors on Medicare were not particularly supportive of the drug discount cards, with a little over half saying that the cards were confusing and didn’t sufficiently reduce drug costs. But 34 percent said the cards were “worthwhile because they give people on Medicare immediate help before the full prescription drug benefit is available in 2006, and they provide another way to cut drug costs...
Robert J. Blendon, an HSPH professor of health policy who also helped design and analyze the survey, was out of town on vacation and could not be reached for comment...