Medicare Prescription Drug Program Success?
The Medicare prescription-drug benefit, the biggest expansion of a social program since the Great Society of the 1960s, was panned by critics when it was in previews. Now, after a year's run, the elderly audience seems to be applauding,
Pharmacists, Advocates Raise Concerns About Potential Prescription
Some pharmacists and advocates have raised concerns that many low-income Medicare beneficiaries “will again have trouble getting medications next month, as they did in January of this year,” when the Medicare prescription drug benefit
Posted on Dec 5, 2006 WASHINGTON—The Medicare p
WASHINGTON—The Medicare prescription drug benefit was designed only tangentially to provide medicine to the elderly. Its distinction is that it stands as a totem to the Republican Party’s uncontrollable urge to use tax money to prop up
The Human Cost of Federal Price Negotiations: The Medicare
The Human Cost of Federal Price Negotiations: The Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit and Pharmaceutical Innovation Source: The Manhattan Institute “In the short run, federal price negotiations would allow some consumers to receive
Government Negotiated Drug Prices Not Needed; Smart Shopping Can
According to the study, seniors can also use smart shopping techniques in selecting a Medicare prescription drug plan. Many Medicare managed care plans include drug coverage, but some limit coverage of brand-name drugs, and some require
Making The Most Of The Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit
The Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit: meeting the needs of seniors and providing real healthcare choice
Medicare Prescription Drug woes
I didn’t think the Medicare Prescription Drug benefit could get any worse. Turns out, I just didn’t wait long enough:. Many prescription drug plans are changing benefits. Beneficiaries are changing from one plan to another.
Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Guide: How to Choose Your 2007 Plan
Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Guide: How to Choose Your 2007 Plan Source: America’s Health Insurance Plans From press release:. The website includes the following user-friendly features to allow for easy decision-making:
Medicare Prescription Drug Disaster: Bush Still Doesn’t Get It
Millions of retired seniors say they went to the polls because they are extremley dissatisfied with the Medicare prescription drug plan Bush and his Republican cronies rammed through Congress in 2003. As the Alliance for Retired
One More Reason To Hate the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit
They are all entitled to Medicare, which covers doctor visits and hospital care. While Medicare only covers prescription drugs consumed at a hospital, four in five seniors already have coverage for drugs, either through private

Drug Coverage
What Do You Say When Asked About New Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage? Coverage Determinations and Appeals under the Medicare Prescription Drug
Overview
The MMA legislation provides seniors and people with disabilities with the first comprehensive prescription drug benefit ever offered under the Medicare
The Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit - An Updated Fact Sheet
This updated fact sheet includes the latest information and data about the Medicare Drug Benefit, including a breakdown of the standard benefit,
Resources on the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit - Kaiser
The Foundation has compiled some updated resources to reflect the latest information as well as background materials on various parts of the law.
MedlinePlus: Medicare Prescription Drug Plan
Other Languages; Getting Help with Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Costs Select services and providers for Medicare Prescription Drug Plan in your area.
Understanding the New Medicare Prescription Drug Plan
Information on the new Medicare Prescription Drug Plan from the American Academy of Family Physicians.
Guide to Medicare Part D Prescription Coverage for People with
NOTE: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have updated the Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Finder, Formulary Finder and Landscape of Local
Medicare Prescription Drug Savings Calculator
This calculator allows Medicare beneficiaries to estimate their out of pocket spending under the new prescription drug benefit signed into law on December 8
The Savings from an Efficient Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit
is assumed that the average prescription price negotiated by Medicare would the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003
Medicare Drug Benefit May Cost $1.2 Trillion (washingtonpost.com)
The White House released budget figures yesterday indicating that the new Medicare prescription drug benefit will cost more than $1.2 trillion in the coming medicare+prescription: medicare+prescription