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Pharmacists decry Medicare drug payments (AP via Yahoo! News)
Pharmacists say a government report released Thursday validates their concerns that payments under the Medicare drug benefit are driving some of them out of business.

Seniors happy with Part D (Wahpeton News)
In November, the drug program Medicare Part D held an open enrollment that allowed them to change their current plan to another one.

Analysis defines impact of Medicare Part D (News-Medical-Net)
The most thorough study to date of the impact of the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Part D) found that this benefit led to a 13.1 percent decrease in out-of-pocket expenses for patients and a 5.9 percent increase in prescription use.

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