In the first part of this series , we explored a hypothetical situation in which a senior with a certain Medicare plan, which we’re calling Plan 1, is forced to explore the option of switching to another plan, Plan 2. That’s because the senior’s doctor could add a new drug, known here as Drug B, which isn’t covered under Plan 1. (
Retired seniors face perhaps the most challenging circumstances among any of us in dealing with financial planning.
Ovations, the senior healthcare business unit of UnitedHealth Group, will use its internal pharmacy management resources for Medicare Part D services beginning Jan. 1, 2007. Walgreens Health Initiatives has been handling those services for Ovations since the inception of Medicare Part D.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (UPI) — Medicare’s widely-touted, feel-good announcement this week that its prescription drug benefit, Part D, will cost less than predicted belies some hidden trouble spots that have ramifications both for the long-term success of the federal entitlement, and for some of the nation’s poorest and most vulnerable seniors.
Medicare prescription plan patients who have fallen into the “doughnut hole” of coverage may wonder how they got there. In the labyrinth of federal drug program rules, there was no escape.
