Countdown to Medicare Part D Open Enrollment: Day 9
Open Enrollment for 2012 begins on Saturday, October 15, and ends on Wednesday, December 7, 2011. Day 9: Making a list and checking your Part D plan twice With the Fall Open Enrollment period quickly...
View ArticleCountdown to Medicare Part D Open Enrollment: Day 7
Open Enrollment for 2012 begins on Saturday, October 15, and ends on Wednesday, December 7, 2011. Day 7: The Medicare Part D Coverage Gap Discount Program helps you save when you’re in the donut hole...
View ArticleSaving Money with the Mail-Order Pharmacy: Give it a Try!
Open Enrollment for 2012 is October 15 through December 7, 2011. You may recall a very popular 1970s TV commercial for Life Cereal, in which two brothers are discussing “some cereal” that’s...
View ArticleThe Medicare Coverage Gap Discount Program
What the Drug Makers Don’t Want You to Know, Part I Although the Coverage Gap Discount Program is no doubt very helpful if you reach the Coverage Gap (aka “donut hole”) and use brand-name drugs, what...
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What the Drug Makers Don’t Want You to Know, Part II In discussing the Medicare Coverage Gap Discount Program yesterday, I explained why lower-cost generics are still the best way to lower your drug...
View ArticleNew online tool available for comparing Medicare Part D plans
Although I always promote use of Medicare’s Plan Finder Tool during Open Enrollment to help you find the right Medicare Part D plan, today I came across another handy prescription drug plan search tool...
View ArticlePopular brand-drug patent expirations represent $9 billion+ in savings for...
You probably already know that the standard Medicare Part D benefit includes a 50% discount on most brand-name drugs during the Coverage Gap stage. What you may not know is that even with the...
View ArticleWhy women (and men) with Medicare should know about shrinkage
Important Facts about Medicare Part D for 2013 If you’re a fan of Seinfeld, you must remember this classic dialog from the 1994 Hamptons episode, in which George’s girlfriend catches him naked after he...
View ArticleWill Coverage Gap Discount Disappear if Supreme Court Repeals Affordable Care...
In the past two years, hundreds of thousands of Medicare beneficiaries with high medication costs have gotten some relief from a provision of the Affordable Care Act aimed at shrinking the Medicare...
View ArticleWhat They Won’t Tell You about the Medicare Coverage Gap Discount Program
Generic drugs are the best value in any stage of your Part D benefit. Although many people are opposed to the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) for one reason or another, the law is making Medicare...
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