United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2007-05-31 monographic deposited born digital 50 p. GA 1.13:GAO-07-555 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-555 P0b002ee18037b3ad f:d07555 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-555 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-555 GAO-07-555 Appeals Appeals process Beneficiaries Disadvantaged persons Eligibility determinations Health care programs Internal controls Medicare Prescription drugs Strategic planning Subsidies Medicare Part D Other Written Product A70087 Congress passed the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA), which created a Part D outpatient prescription drug benefit that enables Medicare beneficiaries to enroll in competing private drug coverage plans. The benefit also offers a subsidy administered by the Social Security Administration (SSA) to assist certain low-income Medicare beneficiaries with out-of-pocket costs. GAO was asked to review (1) SSA's progress in identifying and soliciting applications from individuals potentially eligible for the subsidy; (2) SSA's processes for making eligibility determinations, resolving appeals, and redetermining beneficiaries' eligibility; and (3) how the subsidy has affected SSA's workload and operations. To conduct this study, GAO reviewed the law, assessed subsidy data, and interviewed SSA and other officials. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-555/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-555.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-555/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-555.pdf GAO-07-555 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-555 Other Written Product GAO-07-555; Medicare Part D Low-Income Subsidy: Additional Efforts Would Help Social Security Improve Outreach and Measure Program Effects; Appeals Appeals process Beneficiaries Disadvantaged persons Eligibility determinations Health care programs Internal controls Medicare Prescription drugs Strategic planning Subsidies Medicare Part D