Most ESRD Patients Will Fall Into The Medicare "Doughnut Hole" (Medical News Today)
Medicare beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) are a high-risk group for increased medication costs related to a gap in coverage-the so-called "doughnut hole," or lack of prescription drug benefits between $2,251 and $5,100 in medication expenses-in the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit, suggests a study in the September Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. [click

4,600 can get help in Summit with drug costs (Akron Beacon Journal)
Thousands of Summit County senior and disabled residents could be missing out on getting their prescriptions for $5 or less. More than 4,600 Summit County residents are eligible for extra help getting new prescription drug coverage known as Medicare Part D, according to the Medicare Access Network of Ohio. The network provides information and assistance with the optional Medicare prescription

Medicare wants money back from 2,000 Arizonans (Tucson Citizen)
More than 2,000 Medicare recipients in Arizona mistakenly got a drug plan "refund" from the federal government and the agency wants its money back. It mistakenly returned Part D monthly premiums to them because of a computer glitch.