PCMA: Part D Plans and PBMs Continue to Deliver Savings in Medicare
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Prescription Drug Premiums to Decline for Medicare Plan D
Prescription drug premiums will go down in 2012 for Medicare beneficiaries, the Obama administration announced Thursday. The decrease affects those covered under the Part D program. In the Part D program, seniors and others on Medicare can sign up to use a private, government-subsidized program to get their prescriptions. The program has proven to be cheaper than originally expected because of ...

George W. Bush, Health Reformer: Flat Medicare Drug Premiums Show That Choice and Competition Work
The average Medicare Part D premium in 2012, HHS projected, would be around $30.00, compared to the 2011 average of $30.76. Stop right there and think about that. With all the teeth-gnashing about the inexorable rise of health costs, when have you ever heard about a health plan whose costs go down? Where are the celebratory articles from health wonks?