PCMA: Part D Plans Projected to Save Seniors, Medicare Program $469 Billion over Ten Years (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News)
Medicare prescription drug plans (PDPs) achieved higher-than-expected savings of 29 percent during 2006 and are on track to save Medicare and its beneficiaries $469 billion over the 2006-2015 period if current performance is maintained, according to a new analysis from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) released today by the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA). To build on the success of ...

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.

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.

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.