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Medicare Part D - PBMs: Part D Will Save $469B Over Decade (RedNova) U.S.


PBMs: Part D Will Save $469B Over Decade (RedNova)
U.S. Medicare Part D prescription drug plans will save seniors $469 billion in drug costs over the next decade, an industry group said Tuesday.

Managed Care Experts, American Pharmacist Association, Prilosec OTC Partner to Demystify Part D (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
As Medicare Part D enters its second year, Medicare experts have come together to develop a program to help seniors avoid the coverage gap -- the point at which Medicare stops paying for any portion of prescription medications and patients have to pay 100 percent of the medication costs out-of-pocket.

Avoid Part D $299 Scam: Upfront Medicare Payment is Wrong (RedNova)
Figuring out the Medicare Part D plan is tough enough. But then the scam artists pick up the phone and stir up more trouble. Seniors and people with disabilities must be on high alert for scammers who are calling and requiring a $299 upfront payment to sign up for a prescription drug plan.

NAACP-New England Area Conference Commends Prescription Pathway(SM) Medicare Prescription Drug Plan on Availability of ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
LINCOLN, R.I. & BOSTON----Prescription Pathway, one of the nation's leading Medicare Part D prescription drug plans, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People , New England Area Conference, announced today that BiDil , a medication used for the treatment of heart failure in African Americans, now will be made available to all Prescription Pathway members.

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