Low-Income Nonapplicants to Get Medicare Drug Cards
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The Bush administration said that it would simply send the cards to 1.8 million people with low incomes who are eligible but have not applied for Medicare.
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Washington -- Medicare&#39;s toll-free telephone line, one of the federal government&#39;s main methods of disseminating information about new prescription drug benefits and drug discount cards, gives accurate answers less than two-thirds of the time
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Nearly two million poor people will soon receive Medicare drug discount cards in the mail, a new step by the Bush administration to boost enrollment in the program.
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The Bush administration's efforts to carry out the first phase of its Medicare law, providing drug discount cards to the elderly, have been plagued with difficulties.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. -- A groundbreaking Minnesota law is shining a rare light into the big money that drug companies spend on members of state advisory panels who help select which drugs are used in Medicaid programs for the poor and disabled.
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Pfizer Inc. is launching a new program that offers its prescription drugs for free or at a reduced cost to uninsured Americans, the manufacturer said Wednesday.
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With a new Medicare drug benefit set to begin in 2006, Americans 65 and older can expect to spend a large and growing share of their Social Security checks on
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Many of the Medicare recipients who would benefit most from using discount drug cards think they&#39;re too much trouble to be worthwhile.
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Far from the expected deluge, relatively few patients with cancer and other serious illnesses have applied for generous early Medicare prescription drug coverage.
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Illinois residents will soon gain access to lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland, sidestepping US regulators&#39; objections to imported drugs, Gov. Rod Blagojevich said on Tuesday.
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MONDAY, Sept. 13 (HealthDayNews) -- Many Americans are not taking all their medicines because they can't afford them, and most aren't telling their doctors about it, new research shows.
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The Maryland comptroller will assist Howard County's effort to contact thousands of residents who lack health insurance but who might qualify for subsidized care based on their income levels.
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SACRAMENTO  As an alternative to importing low-cost drugs from Canada, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger&#39;s administration is calling for a sweeping new program to offer drug discounts to uninsured, low-income California residents.
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WASHINGTON - Far from the expected deluge, relatively few patients with cancer and other serious illnesses have applied for generous early Medicare prescription drug coverage.    The Bush administration was planning a lottery to determine who would get the 50,000 slots included in last year's Medicare prescription drug law...
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Pharmacists have long been called on by customers to do more than just fill prescriptions. But drugstores, from giants like Rite Aid to smaller regional chains, are looking to expand their counseling programs and boost revenue - a trend that could be bolstered by the prescription-drug benefit that will become available to Medicare enrollees in 2006.
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Low-income seniors and working families without prescription drug coverage can begin applying for a state discount card. The card will cut the cost of their medication by an average 20 percent a month.
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WASHINGTON - Low-income seniors and those with extremely high prescription drug expenses will get the most from the new Medicare prescription drug benefit, according to a new study.