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Study: Seniors see savings in Medicare drug option
Jul 22, 2009 |
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(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.
Study addresses impact of Medicare Part D on medical spending
Jul 01, 2009 |
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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 ...
Compliance and cost: Bitter pills to swallow in the age of oral chemotherapy
May 28, 2009 |
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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 ...
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Extra payments to Medicare Advantage plans to total $11.4 billion in 2009
May 04, 2009 |
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Private Medicare Advantage (MA) plans will be paid $11.4 billion more in 2009 than what the same beneficiaries would have cost in the traditional Medicare fee-for-service program, according to a new report released today ...
Study finds Medicare prescription benefit program has exceeded expectations
Aug 24, 2009 |
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The program created to provide Medicare recipients with prescription drug benefits exceeded expectations during its first two years, extending pharmacy coverage to most seniors while reducing their overall spending on drugs, ...
House passes bill stopping Medicare premium hikes
Sep 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Millions of Medicare patients would be spared monthly premium increases next year under a bill passed by the House Thursday.
Sickest patients still struggle under new Medicare Part D benefit
Apr 22, 2008 |
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A recent study finds that the advantages of the new Medicare Part D drug benefit—a program that for the first time offers Medicare recipients prescription drug coverage—are mixed. On the one hand, both healthy and sick beneficiaries ...
Seniors in Medicare's doughnut hole decrease use of meds
Feb 03, 2009 |
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Beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Part D who reached a gap in health care coverage known as the "doughnut hole" were much less likely to use prescription drugs than those with an employer-based plan, according to a University ...
CRC screening before Medicare age could save millions in federal health-care dollars
Oct 06, 2008 |
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A screening program for colon cancer in patients starting ten years prior to Medicare eligibility, at age 55 instead of Medicare's 65, would save at least two dollars for every dollar spent, according to a new study presented ...
Cost shifting may make arthritis medications too expensive for medicare beneficiaries
Jun 01, 2009 |
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Biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) such as adalimumab, etanercept and infliximab are effective at reducing symptoms and slowing progression of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). These drugs act more quickly, ...
Extra medicare charges for the rich a slippery slope, expert says
Mar 09, 2009 |
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A growing trend toward higher Medicare premiums for the richest Americans could ultimately creep into the retirement income of less-wealthy seniors, a University of Illinois expert on federal health insurance warns.
Experts favor broad medicare reforms to control costs and foster health-care innovations
Nov 03, 2009 |
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A vast majority of leaders in health care and health policy believe Medicare has been successful in providing access to care and stable coverage to the elderly and disabled individuals; however only a small percentage think ...
ACP reports on how scheduled Medicare pay cuts will affect patients
Apr 07, 2008 |
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Medicare patients – many of whom have multiple chronic illnesses – face severe difficulty in receiving healthcare if Congress does not act to avert pending cuts to Medicare payments, according to first-hand reports from physicians ...
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