Medicare Drug Discount Card Program Enrollment Disappointing, One ...
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One year after President Bush signed the new Medicare law, government officials and consumer advocates continue to be frustrated in their efforts to enroll low-income beneficiaries in the prescription drug discount card program.
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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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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 GAZETTE. DENVER - Coloradoâs Medicaid program is wasting tens of millions of taxpayer dollars because the programâs prescription drug system is managed poorly, according to an audit released Monday.
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Few senior citizens have signed up for Gov. Rod Blagojevich&#39;s prescription drug program that promises lower cost medications from pharmacies and drug wholesalers in Europe and Canada.
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WEDNESDAY, Sept. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Seniors enrolled in Medicare plans that charge higher co-pays for brand name or non-preferred medications fill almost 15 percent fewer prescriptions than their peers who have a flat co-pay for all prescription medications, a new study finds.
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Nearly 2 million low-income Medicare participants could be switched to different insurance plans for their prescription drug coverage next year
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TUESDAY, Aug. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Despite high enrollment in the Medicare prescription drug plan, many who signed up now feel dissatisfied with Medicare because of their experiences with the cumbersome process of choosing coverage plans.
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Some seniors are confused by Medicare's new prescription discount card system because early information mailed to them was unclear or incomplete, according to a report by the government's health policy watchdog.
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The new medicare prescription drug cards are failing to provide significant discounts for seniors in his two-borough district, Rep. Joseph Crowley said yesterday.
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Eleven major drug manufacturers unveiled a new discount card yesterday that could help millions of uninsured Americans save money on prescription drugs.
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Some Medicare beneficiaries had received erroneous refunds of premiums paid for prescription drug coverage.
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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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After enrolling just 65,000 members in two years, is the Registered Traveler program dead in the water?
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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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After struggling for months to get Medicare beneficiaries to sign up for drug discount cards, the Bush administration said Wednesday that it would simply send the cards
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The much-criticized Medicare drug benefit program that began last year has enrolled the vast majority of eligible people in Massachusetts, and saved the state more money -- about $76 million -- than planners predicted, according to a study being released today.