News tagged with medicare part d
Study: Seniors see savings in Medicare drug option
(AP) -- Medicare's 3-year-old prescription drug plan has largely met its main goal of making lifesaving medicines more affordable for seniors, a new report found.
Jul 22, 2009 |
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Study addresses impact of Medicare Part D on medical spending
After enrolling in Medicare Part D, seniors who previously had limited or no drug coverage spent more on prescriptions and less on other medical care services such as hospitalizations and visits to the doctor's office, according ...
Jul 01, 2009 |
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Young, uninsured or Medicare Part D survivors often can't afford medicines
Young, uninsured stroke survivors or those covered by the Medicare Part D drug benefit often can't afford medications — increasing the risk for future strokes or other cardiovascular disease-related events, according ...
Feb 10, 2011 |
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Blacks, Hispanics Less Likely Eligible for Medicare Prescription Help
Medicare’s Part D prescription medication management program, also known as Medication Therapy Management, could be off limits to some of the patients who need it most — older African-Americans and Hispanics — a new study ...
May 21, 2010 |
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Medicare 'Doughnut Hole' Causes Seniors to Skip Diabetes Meds
Medicare recipients with diabetes who have a gap in their Part D prescription drug benefits -- known as the “doughnut hole” -- have higher out-of-pocket drug costs and are less likely to stick to their medications than those ...
Jan 07, 2010 |
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Drug benefit expanded to 1 million more seniors
(AP) -- In case the prospect of nearly $4,000 in prescription assistance isn't enough to perk up low-income seniors, the government is using '60s singer Chubby Checker to publicize "the twist" in the Medicare ...
Jan 08, 2010 |
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Experts analyze benefits, opportunities and challenges of Medicare Part D
The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (Medicare Part D) added prescription drug coverage to Medicare beginning in January 2006. This has dramatically reshaped the prescription drug insurance ...
Jun 29, 2010 |
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Compliance and cost: Bitter pills to swallow in the age of oral chemotherapy
Though the growing shift toward oral chemotherapy agents offers cancer patients greater freedom and independence during their treatment, physicians say use of the new medications also poses more chances for patients to skip ...
May 28, 2009 |
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