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Article: Medicare drug benefit to help seniors, but chronically ill to pay more.(Focus: HEALTH CARE)
- Article from:
- Westchester County Business Journal
- Article date:
- June 13, 2005
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The implementation ot Medicares prescription drug benefit next year is likely to aid many seniors, but the design of the benefit will not completely eliminate cost concerns and may raise questions of equity, according to Health Affairs.
An analysis of Medicare data shows that seniors with chronic conditions are likely to pay much more from their own pockets for prescription drugs than the average beneficiary under Medicare's new drug benefit.
A separate survey shows that seniors often fail to take their drugs as directed when they become too costly, while a third article shows that seniors who enrolled in the Medicare drug discount card program this ...