Medicare premiums show impact of competition (Ralston Recorder)
ASHLAND - Due in large part to strong competitive bidding by health and prescription drug plans and beneficiaries' choices, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) anticipates that the actual average premium paid by beneficiaries for standard Part D coverage in 2008 will be roughly $25. This is nearly 40 percent lower than originally projected when the benefit was established in 2003 ...

BIO: New Survey Data Finds Medicare Part D Working For America s Seniors (BIO)
WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 24, 2007) -- A newly released, in-depth 2006 survey of seniors strongly suggests that Medicare Part D is working to expand coverage to those previously without drug coverage especially seniors with chronic conditions taking multiple medications, the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) said today.

Share Of Seniors With Drug Coverage Significantly Increased Under Medicare Part D, Some Seniors Still Vulnerable To ... (Medical News Today)
The Medicare prescription drug benefit has significantly increased the share of seniors with drug coverage, but one in five beneficiaries reported delaying or not filling prescriptions because of cost, according to the results of a survey published online Tuesday in the journal Health Affairs, the Los Angeles Times reports. [click link for full article]