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Medicare Part D, plans

The 3 ‘D’s of Determining Your Medicare Part D Plan

Medicare Part D plans help people save on the costs of prescriptions and knowing these three Ds will help you maximize those savings in 2020.

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Medicare’s Uncapped Drug Costs Still Bite Into Budgets

Unlike commercial plans that cap members’ out-of-pocket drug spending annually, Medicare has no limit for prescription medications in Part D, its drug benefit.

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How to Choose The Right Medicare Part D Plan

Choosing Medicare prescription drug coverage can be confusing, especially for the first time.

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Brand-name drugs’ high copays soak Medicare Part D patients

The findings point to opportunities to save money for Medicare Part D’s elderly and disabled beneficiaries, who fill three or more prescriptions a month on average.

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Big premium increases for Medicare drug plan?

Beneficiaries have until Dec. 7 to see if there’s a lower-cost plan that will cover their medications in 2016. Consumer advocates and experts say it will pay to shop around this sign-up season.

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Mass. Medicare subscribers save $36.9 million

BOSTON  — A total of nearly 63,000 Massachusetts residents enrolled in the Medicare Part D drug program saved $36.9 million in 2011 in lowered drug costs because of provisions in the Affordable Care Act. The savings were attributable to the health reform law that shrinks the so-called ‘donut hole’ in the Medicare Part D drug […]

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