KFF to release survey on Part D Nov. 10
StartingNov. 15, seniors and people with disabilities will be able to chooseand enroll in a Medicare drug plan under the new Medicare drug benefit.As this open enrollment period approaches, the Kaiser Family Foundationand the Harvard School of Public Health will release results from a newsurvey of seniors on their views about and experiences with Medicare’snew drug coverage. The survey will highlight what seniors know andunderstand about the new benefit, what they think about its potentialhelpfulness, where seniors are getting their information about the newbenefit, and whether they currently plan to enroll in a Medicare drugplan for 2006. The survey of 800 seniors was conducted between Oct. 15and 31, after the start of education and outreach campaigns in thefall, which are geared toward helping seniors understand their drugplan options.
The survey will bereleased Thursday, Nov. 10, at 9:30 a.m. E.T., at a briefing inWashington, D.C., for reporters and policymakers. Findings from thesurvey will be presented by Foundation President Drew E. AltmanMollyann Brodie, Foundation vice president and director of Public Opinion and Media Research; and Robert J. Blendon, Professor of Health Policy at the Harvard School of Public Health.
WHEN: Thursday, Nov. 10, 2005, 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. E.T. (Registration and breakfast at 9 a.m.)
WHERE: Barbara Jordan Conference Center (Kaiser Family Foundation Office)
1330 G Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. (one block west of Metro Center)