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Medicare Part D - CBS 6 exposes Medicare Part D loophole (WRGB Albany) A


CBS 6 exposes Medicare Part D loophole (WRGB Albany)
A Medicare loophole may be causing some senior citizens to lose their prescription drug coverage, while allowing multi-million dollar pharmacy benefit managers to rake-in record profits.

Sickest Patients Still Struggle Under New Medicare Part D Benefit (Newswise)
While the new Medicare Part D drug benefit has produced positive outcomes, the sickest patients still skip medications for financial reasons.

Not understanding Medicare Part D still an issue; medication adherence may be improving overall (EurekAlert!)
There still appears to be some lack of knowledge regarding Medicare's Part D prescription drug program, although there is evidence that cost-related medication nonadherence may have improved overall, according to two studies in the April 23/30 issue of JAMA.

Medicare Part D beneficiaries may pay a price for poor knowledge of their Part D benefits (EurekAlert!)
April 22, 2008 (Oakland, Calif.) Medicare Beneficiaries have limited knowledge of their Medicare Part D outpatient prescription drug benefits.


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