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Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries: Further Outreach and Administrative Simplification Could Increase Enrollment

HEHS-99-61 Published: Apr 09, 1999. Publicly Released: Apr 16, 1999.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the level of enrollment in the Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB) program and the Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiary (SLMB) program, focusing on: (1) the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of: (a) Medicare beneficiaries who enroll as a QMB or SLMB; and (b) Medicare beneficiaries who qualify for QMB or SLMB but do not enroll; (2) reasons why eligible beneficiaries are not enrolled; and (3) strategies to increase enrollment.

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