Senior Citizens Will Pay Dearly For Health Care Price Controls
Squabbles over spending cuts have ruled the negotiations over increasing the debt ceiling. But even after the ink is dry on the budget deal just passed, lawmakers will still be charged with reducing federal spending further.One proposal that refuses to die would impose price controls on prescription drugs in the Medicare Part D program. Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) and Rep. Henry Waxman (D ...

Elderly Medicare Beneficiaries With Limited Prior Drug Coverage Spend Less On Nondrug Medical Services Today
After the implementation of Medicare Part D, elderly Medicare beneficiaries spend considerably less money on non-drug medical services, including skilled nursing facility and inpatient care, researchers from Harvard Medical School reported in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association). The authors wrote: "Implementation of the Medicare prescription drug benefit (Part D) in January 2006 ...

Q1Medicare.com Now Offers an Easier Way to Compare Drug Coverage Details Across all Medicare Part D Prescription Drug ...
Q1Medicare.com now provides their updated PDP-DrugFinder to help Seniors and other Medicare beneficiaries compare medication coverage across Medicare Part D prescription drug plans in their area. The PDP-DrugFinder is available free of charge and provides users with prescription drug plan features, medication cost-sharing information, and details of the drug s utilization management or usage ...

Medicare Part D associated with reduction in nondrug medical spending
Among elderly Medicare beneficiaries with limited prior drug coverage, implementation of Medicare Part D was associated with significant reductions in nondrug medical spending, such as for inpatient and skilled nursing facility care, according to a study in the July 27 issue of JAMA.