Medicare Part D


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Medicare Part D

An optional Medicare program (US) created under the Medicare Modernization Act of 2006, which covers the costs of prescription drugs. Eligibility for Part D requires enrolment in a prescription drug plan or Medicare Advantage plan with prescription drug coverage (MA-PD). Part D plans are approved and regulated by Medicare, but designed and administered by private health insurance companies.

Medicare Part D

The prescription drug benefit plan offered by Medicare beginning in January 2006. Detailed information about the plan can be obtained at Medicare's website: www.medicare.gov
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Unfortunately, some have proposed harmful changes to this important Medicare Part D program that would hurt the most vulnerable beneficiaries and jeopardize their access to needed medicines.
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Actually, Medicare Part D, which provides coverage for prescription drugs, operates on a very similar basis – private insurers receive government subsidies to provide various drug plans, and seniors select among the options that are available, paying more for greater coverage," Kaplan said.
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Although most of the attention surrounding Medicare Part D has focused on states' efforts to help low-income seniors make the transition to new drug coverage options, Part D has raised another issue for states.
Part D decisions: like other employers, many states are collecting a new federal subsidy for maintaining retiree drug coverage--but for many, that's not their "final answer."
Medicare beneficiaries with end stage renal disease (ESRD) are a high-risk group for increased medication costs related to a gap in coverage-the so-called "doughnut hole," or lack of prescription drug benefits between $2,251 and $5,100 in medication expenses-in the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit, according to a new study in the September Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.
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Even die-hard patient advocates, such as Andrew Sperling, legislative director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), say that Medicare Part D, for the most part, has overcome a rocky start.
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Beginning January 2006, for the first time, all beneficiaries will have access to outpatient prescription drug coverage under Medicare Part D.
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Medicare Part D: a guide for long-term care providers
Just about every day I read about problems with Medicare Part D (and that's no exaggeration).
A healthy dose of optimism
9 billion on prescription drugs in the Medicare Part D donut hole since the law was enacted.
Medicare prescription drug premiums to remain steady for third straight year
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