Medicare presents drug plan coverage map
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The Bush administration said Monday it would carve the country into multiple coverage regions to get private insurers to offer Medicare prescription drug plans and comprehensive health benefits beginning in 2006.
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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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The preliminary decision applies to patients over 60, which is most of the 43 million people Medicare covers.
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Some states are paying far higher prices than others for prescription drugs under the Medicaid program, but data that would help them get a better deal
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A majority of large employers retained their retiree drug coverage this year despite the initiation of the Medicare drug benefit and plan to continue the offering in 2007, according to a new study released Wednesday.
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The federal government plans to target medical equipment suppliers in Los Angeles and South Florida in an effort to root out fraud in Medicare, the insurance system for the elderly and disabled, a Medicare official said yesterday.
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Sept. 22, 2004 -- Medicare is preparing to directly mail prescription drug discount cards to 1.8 million low-income elderly beneficiaries.
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Medicare&#39;s toll-free telephone line, one of the main vehicles for disseminating information about new prescription drug benefits and drug discount cards, gives accurate
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SATURDAY, Dec. 2 (HealthDay News) -- A national campaign has been launched to reach about 3.25 million modest-income older Americans who are eligible for Medicare Extra Help with prescription drugs but have not yet signed up for the program.
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In the first big step to make prescription drug benefits available to the elderly, the Bush administration said yesterday that it would carve the nation into 34 regions to administer
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Viagra, the blockbuster impotence drug, will be paid for under Medicare's new prescription drug coverage, officials said on Tuesday.
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Medicare beneficiaries will have more options for prescription drug coverage in 2007, officials said.
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THURSDAY, Nov. 1 (HealthDay News) -- In 2006, introduction of the U.S. Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit increased the number of seniors' prescriptions by 158 million, at a cost of $32 billion to Medicare, a new study concludes.
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The Kaiser Family Foundation hosts this briefing to release a report that analyzes how the new Medicare drug benefit could affect out-of-pocket spending for people who enroll in the benefit in 2006.
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Many elderly and disabled Americans participating in the Medicare drug benefit next year will have more plans to choose from as the number of companies offering coverage nationwide jumps to 17.
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When you dial the hotline for information on Medicare&#39;s new prescription drug program -- 1-800-MEDICARE you might get the wrong answer or no answer at all -- almost 40 percent of the time.
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A US group charged with helping to develop Medicare guidelines released a proposal on Thursday classifying medicines in groups that could determine how likely certain drugs would be covered under a new prescription drug benefit.