Medicare Says Final Rules Ensure Drug Access
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The U.S. government hopes to entice  companies into offering the elderly cost-saving prescription  drug benefits next year while making sure they have access to  most medicines, according to Medicare rules issued on Friday.
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In just over a year, the 1.5 million US citizens who live in nursing homes will become eligible for the new prescription-drug benefit that is a part of the newly revamped Medicare law.
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Sexual performance drugs like Viagra will be covered by Medicare's new prescription benefit beginning next year, along with medications for other conditions like high blood pressure and heart disease, Health and Human Services officials said Tuesday.
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Pharmacists, health experts and federal and state health officials are expressing &quot;serious concern&quot; about how nursing home residents will receive prescription drugs under the new Medicare law, the New York Times reports.
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A federal advisory panel said that Congress should take immediate steps to guarantee that all Americans have access to affordable health care by 2012.
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President Bush's victory guarantees that the new Medicare prescription drug program will be carried out by officials who enthusiastically support it.
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Sexual performance drugs such as Viagra will be covered in Medicare's new prescription drug program, a lifestyle rather than lifesaving benefit that conservatives and watchdog groups say the government shouldn't provide.
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Medicare beneficiaries will have more options for prescription drug coverage in 2007, officials said.
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â¢ President Bush : Signed a law giving the elderly prescription drug coverage under Medicare for the first time. Insurance companies and private health plans now have an expanded role in the program.
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When people enroll in a Medicare drug plan later this year, the first option for paying their monthly premiums will no longer be through a deduction in their Social Security check. Instead, the government will encourage beneficiaries to pay insurers directly.
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Americans should feel reasonably safe taking government-approved prescription drugs - with a few caveats - even after a popular arthritis medication was pulled from the market, medical experts say.
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Americans would be allowed to carry   into the United States small quantities of prescription drugs   they buy in Canada under a tentative deal approved by   congressional negotiators.
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Efforts to allow Americans access to cheaper prescription drugs from abroad should blossom once Democrats assume control in Congress, but it won't be a top priority, lawmakers and health care experts said.
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Pharmacists say a government report released Thursday validates their concerns that payments under the Medicare drug benefit are driving some of them out of business.
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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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Most large employers will maintain prescription drug benefits for retirees after the Medicare drug insurance program begins in 2006, according to a study released Tuesday.
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President Bush&#39;s signature accomplishment in health care was the passage of a Medicare reform bill last fall that provided, for the first time, coverage for prescription drugs.