AA majority of the elderly population with schizophrenia today dually is eligible to
receive both Medicare and Medicaid. Medicare has been further divided into Part A
(hospital insurance coverage), Part B (medical provider insurance coverage), and Part D
(prescription drug coverage). Medicare Part D is available from multiple insurance
companies that offer a variety of coverage dependent on patient preference. Medicaid is
a jointly funded state and federal funding health care for low income and disabled
individuals (“Eligibility,” n.d.). Appropriate medication management is made more
difficult within the government systems because of fragmented mental health care, fewer
trained providers, complicated and restrictive insurance management, decreasing funding,
and increased caseloads.