Cost-related Medication Nonadherence Less Likely After Medicare Part D (Medical News Today)
An article published in JAMA reports that after theimplementation of Medicare Part D, cost-related medication nonadherencemay have improved overall.In 2003 Congress passed the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement andModernization Act to help the millions of elderly and disabledAmericans who had insufficient or no insurance coverage for outpatientmedications.

Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Shows Mixed Results (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
TUESDAY, April 22 (HealthDay News) -- The Medicare Part D benefit has resulted in some improvements for seniors but no real revolution in prescription drug adherence.

Still lack of knowledge regarding Medicare's Part D prescription drug program (News-Medical-Net)
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, the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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.