Medicare to Send Drug Discount Cards to Poor in US
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The US government will send prescription drug discount cards to 1.8 million poor Medicare patients who have yet to sign up for $1,200 in savings offered over the next 14 months, officials said on Wednesday, in the wake of criticism
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Medicare will be mailing out 1.8 million drug discount cards to low-income Americans who are eligible but have not yet applied. The cards will allow low-income earners to qualify for an additional $1,200 in
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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
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St. Louis-based Express Scripts Inc., facing scrutiny of its generic drug prices, is offering discounts on dozens of generic medicines to low-income Americans.
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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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Q: I have heard that copies of the Medicare-Approved Drug Discount Card is being mass-mailed to seniors. Can you tell who will likely receive such a card and why?
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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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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 2 million low-income Medicare participants could be switched to different insurance plans for their prescription drug coverage next year
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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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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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The federal government would charge affluent seniors more for drug coverage and require doctors and hospitals to use electronic medical records under proposals released by the Bush administration yesterday to corral rising spending in the Medicare program.
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O, CANADA: U.S. states are looking to countries other than Canada to get cheaper prescription drugs for their citizens, fearing Canadians may soon stop allowing such sales to their southern neighbors.
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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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On Tuesday, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius announced that senior citizens and low-wage working Kansans now have access to lower cost prescription drugs from Canada and Europe.
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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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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.