U.S. Medicare to Test Out Paying for Flu Drugs
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Medicare will test the idea of paying for antiviral drugs for some patients who catch influenza, the U.S. government's health insurance plan for the elderly said on Friday.
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WEST PALM BEACH - If you fall into the high-risk categories for getting influenza, you still need a flu shot and you don&#39;t mind driving to Broward County on Thursday, you can probably get immunized for free - or for $20.
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A proposal to make a prescription flu medication available over the pharmacy counter could increase drug-resistant disease, warn doctors and experts.
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A U.S. group advising Medicare on the new government prescription drug benefit said on Monday it had submitted a final recommendation to the agency that could help determine which medicines will be covered for the elderly.
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The new Medicare law has touched off a huge battle between insurance companies and drug companies that could determine how many medicines will be readily available to Medicare beneficiaries.
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Federal health officials said on Thursday that they would investigate reports of price gouging for flu shots in response to a severe national shortage of the influenza vaccine.
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Jack Bond's hospital pharmacy needed 2,800 flu shots, but his supplier couldn't provide them. Plenty of other distributors were ready to meet his needs, though &#151; for a price: as much as &#36;600 for a vial of 10 flu shots that normally costs around &#36;80.
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Description: With flu vaccines scarce, health officials say Americans worried about influenza can turn to several antiviral flu medications on the market.
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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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Many of the nation&#39;s remaining flu shots will be shipped directly to pediatricians, nursing homes, health departments and other places that care for high-risk patients, under
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A U.S. group advising Medicare on  its new prescription drug benefit released a proposal on  Thursday that could determine how likely the latest medicines  are to be covered for the elderly.
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Millions of older Americans are confronting a temporary break in their Medicare drug coverage this month that will require them to pay the full cost of their prescriptions or face the painful prospect of going without.
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Be aware of the Medicare drug plan's gaps.
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Medicare, the U.S. insurance program for elderly and disabled Americans, should lump the price of anemia drugs with overall payments for kidney dialysis services to improve efficiency and contain costs, according to a government report released on Tuesday.
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Low-income Americans who get a government subsidy are projected to have most of their spending on prescription medicines wiped away in the Medicare drug benefit that begins in 2006, according to an independent analysis released Monday. But several million people actually would spend more on drugs under the new program.
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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, the U.S. insurance program  for elderly and disabled Americans, should lump the price of  anemia drugs with overall payments for kidney dialysis services  to improve efficiency and contain costs, according to a  government report released on Tuesday.