'Co-Branding' Will Be Allowed for Medicare Drug Plans, Says CMS
'Co-Branding' Will Be Allowed for Medicare Drug Plans, Says CMS Clarification (Senior Journal)
May 25, 2006 A report yesterday that Medicare drug plans will not be allowed to "co-brand" their plans with pharmacies or other outside organizations, like AARP, has been clarified by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, says KaiserNet.org.
Medicare tells insurers to cut logos on drug cards (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Humana Inc. and other national insurers offering Medicare prescription-drug benefits likely will be forced to end their practice of including the logos of their marketing partners on the cards that members use to pay for their drugs.
AARP Adds Voice to Retiree Health Care Suit vs. Caterpillar; AARP Presses for Continuation of Retiree Benefits (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News)
AARP attorneys have joined as co-counsel in a class action lawsuit that charges that Caterpillar, Inc. has violated a binding labor agreement by limiting its medical care costs for more than one thousand company retirees. The action continues AARP's drive to protect promised health care benefits for retirees.
