WASHINGTON, March 29 /PRNewswire/ -- With more than 27.5 million seniors and people with disabilities enrolled in Medicare's prescription drug prescription drug Prescription medication Pharmacology An FDA-approved drug which must, by federal law or regulation, be dispensed only pursuant to a prescription–eg, finished dose form and active ingredients subject to the provisos of the Federal Food, Drug,
..... Click the link for more information. benefit to date, former Health and Human Services Noun 1. Health and Human Services - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979
Department of Health and Human Services, HHS
..... Click the link for more information. (HHS HHS Department of Health and Human Services. ) Secretary Tommy Thompson today discussed the growing success of the new drug benefit during the American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association's (AARDA) National Autoimmune Diseases Conference.
"Having worked on these issues as the Secretary of Health and Human Services Noun 1. Secretary of Health and Human Services - the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Health and Human Services; "the first Secretary of Health and Human Services was Patricia Roberts Harris who was appointed by Carter"
..... Click the link for more information., I am pleased to see that every day we are extending the promise of prescription drug coverage to all Medicare beneficiaries," Thompson said. "The enrollment of 380,000 people per week into Medicare prescription drug coverage is encouraging because we know that seniors and people with disabilities are receiving coverage that increases their access to medicines and reduces their health care costs."
Answered by
Irfan
at
Jul 5, 2010 07:14 AM