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October 31, 2011

Medicare Part D - Five Tips for Choosing a Medicare Part D PlanOpen enrollment


Five Tips for Choosing a Medicare Part D Plan
Open enrollment for Medicare Part D started Oct. 15. These tactics help you compare plans wisely.

Medicare Premiums to Decrease for Some
However, high-income beneficiaries will continue to pay extra for Medicare Part B and Part D.

7 Tips for Picking a 2012 Medicare Part D Plan
You can switch into a new Medicare Part D plan for 2012 during the open enrollment period from October 15 to December 7. Premium prices, deductibles, and covered medications can change each year, so it's a good idea to reevaluate whether your current plan will still be a good fit for you in the coming year. "If you are enrolled in a plan now and happy with what you have, the best thing to do is ...

Medicare has a drug problem
Perhaps no part of Medicare has done as well in reining in costs as Medicare Part D, the prescription drug benefit, signed into law by President George W. Bush in 2003. Its costs have consistently come in under budget by as much as 44 percent (though some of that is likely due to lower than projected enrollment). Even as premiums for private health insurance skyrocketed , Medicare Part D ...
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