The “Clawback:” State Financing of Medicare Drug Coverage


 

Publication Date: June 2004

Publisher: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

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Research Area: Health

Keywords: States; Health Programs

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

This issue paper describes the origins of the clawback, the formula by which each state’s clawback amount is calculated, and the clawback’s implications for states and for low-income Medicare beneficiaries.