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Managed Care December 2007	Insurers Offer More Coverage to Fill Part D Gap Filling the gap in coverage in which the enrollee pays 100% of total drug costs before catastrophic coverage begins will be a significant issue that stand-alone Prescription Drug Plans and Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug plans face in 2008.
Managed Care September 2000	Any way you cut it, employers appear to save if Medicare adopts drug benefit A new analysis suggests that a prescription drug benefit in Medicare would reduce employer expense for health coverage--which, in turn, could encourage more employers to offer some form of drug coverage and thus reverse this erosion...
Pharmaceutical Executive August 1, 2008 Mason Tenaglia et al.	Inside the Doughnut Hole An answer to your question: What does the Part D coverage gap do to drug sales?
Registered Rep. November 1, 2005 Lynn O'Shaughnessy	Medicare Drug Benefit 101 If financial advisers can understand the basics of the new Medicare drug benefit plan, they can provide a great service to their clients -- perhaps even save them money in premiums. Here's where to start.
Managed Care May 2005 Martin Sipkoff	Health Plans Undaunted By Medicare Part D Despite the seeming Gordian knot of regulations associated with Medicare Part D, health plans figure the benefit-to-risk ratio is squarely in their favor.
Managed Care September 2007	Ninety Percent of Adults Eligible For Medicare Have Drug Coverage A study from the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research finds that 90 percent of Americans age 65 and older now have prescription drug coverage, compared to more than 75 percent who were covered in 2004.
The Motley Fool January 22, 2007 Dan Caplinger	Understanding Medicare: Costs The deductibles and co-payments for Medicare Advantage Plans and prescription-drug plans can vary greatly between particular plans. A thorough examination of such plans is necessary for understanding the costs and to make a good decision about which plan to choose.
Managed Care October 2002	Though M+C Erosion Slows, Reimbursement Still an Issue The exodus of health plans from Medicare+Choice will moderate somewhat next year, offering hope that the struggling system can make a comeback.
Managed Care December 2002	M+C meltdown hinders access to medications The fact that health plans are abandoning Medicare+Choice at a slower rate than in previous years doesn't mask the fact that the exodus of plans only exacerbates the problem of lack of pharmaceutical coverage for the elderly.
Managed Care March 2002 Michael Levin-Epstein	Illinois's Medicare Drug Program Called 1st Stab at National Reform The Illinois demonstration program gives the state permission to use federal and state Medicaid dollars to provide prescription drug coverage for 365,000 low-income, elderly Medicare beneficiaries...
Managed Care June 2004	Headlines On Deadline ... About 50 of the largest U.S. employers plan to form a health insurance pool... Managed Medicare plans will receive at least a 6.6 percent increase in payment rates in 2005... The biotechnology industry...
Managed Care November 2007	Patient Advocates Want Part D Changes A Medicare-administered drug benefit would be more affordable and comprehensive than the current private insurance-run drug benefit, say patient advocate groups.
Managed Care December 2002	Drug-discount program's effectiveness hindered by lack of use California offers a prescription drug discount program that allows Medicare beneficiaries to get discounts just by showing their Medicare cards to pharmacists. Unfortunately, a majority of those eligible -- both those with and without drug coverage -- have never heard of the program.
Managed Care January 2001	Private Proposals Aim To Reduce Lack of Coverage Two new proposals to solve the conundrum of Americans without health coverage would build on the country's existing health system...
Managed Care February 2005	Medicare's Drug Coverage Seeks To Strike Compromise Health plan officials are still trying to determine just how the final rules for the new Medicare prescription drug benefit will affect them, because it appears that government officials tried their best to address the competing concerns of all players.
Managed Care September 2003	Medicare+Choice expenses increasing for enrollees Those who argue that Medicare and managed care don't mix well have new data to take to the fight. A Commonwealth Fund report states that the average out-of-pocket costs for Medicare+Choice enrollees soared 10 percent this year.
Managed Care November 2001	Medicare+Choice Problems Chasing Away 58 Health Plans Medicare+Choice, the program that was supposed to ease the elderly into managed care, is itself suffering from the uneasiness of HMOs dissatisfied with payment rates...
Managed Care May 2006	Headlines On Deadline . . . Health plans appear to be having some trouble fulfilling a federal mandate that 80 percent of questions from Medicare beneficiaries about pharmacy coverage be answered within 30 seconds.
The Motley Fool January 22, 2007 Dan Caplinger	Understanding Medicare: Benefits Medical coverage for seniors is a big part of a strong retirement-protection plan.
Registered Rep. January 2, 2013 Kevin McKinley	Mapping the Medicare Maze Advisors can shed some much-appreciated light on this crucial but confusing program.
Registered Rep. May 25, 2011 Mark Miller	Pros and Cons of the Healthcare Reform Law The new health reform law already is changing the health insurance market in important ways that will affect your clients' choices and expenses.
Managed Care February 2007	Medicare Part D Cost Increase Estimate Lowered Net Medicare Part D costs for fiscal year 2008 are estimated to be 30 percent less than projected when the benefit was created back in 2003.
Managed Care April 2002	More Than Just 'Chipping' Away at Problem of Uninsured Children CHIP (the Children's Health Insurance Program) continues to grow by leaps and bounds. About 4.6 million children in the U.S. received coverage through CHIP in fiscal year 2001. That's an increase of 38 percent from fiscal year 2000...
Managed Care December 2004	Tracking the Coverage Divide Low-wage workers face more than just one obstacle in trying to obtain health care coverage, according to a Commonwealth Fund report.
Managed Care April 2002 Frank Diamond	Medicare+Choice: Uncertain Future for Unstable Program While policy makers haggle over President Bush's budget request for the system, an ominous question looms: Can money solve all the problems?
Managed Care March 2007	Use of Generics On the Rise Recent data indicate that generic medication accounts for nearly 60% of the drugs dispensed to people in Medicare Prescription Drug Plans and Medicare Advantage plans.
Managed Care May 2005	Covering the Uninsured Seen as Legislative Priority Opinion leaders say Congress should also act to improve quality and safety, and ensure Medicare solvency.
Financial Planning February 1, 2006 Janet Aschkenasy	Drug Deals Here is how to help your financial advisory clients make sense of Medicare Part D.
BusinessWeek May 1, 2006 Howard Gleckman	Medicare Surprise Why many seniors could temporarily lose drug coverage.
Managed Care December 2007 Martin Sipkoff	Large Plans Do Well Under Part D, But Premium Hikes Cloud Future Profits should increase over the next two years for plans that stay the course, but politics and rising premiums may affect long-term results.
Managed Care July 2001	Slow, steady drop seen in employee health benefits Employer-sponsored health coverage isn't anywhere close to vanishing, but two new studies suggest that there has been gradual erosion of benefit availability over recent years...
The Motley Fool January 26, 2007 Dan Caplinger	Fall Into the Medigap Unfortunately, choosing the best Medigap policy for your particular situation can be complicated. You have to analyze the various options included in the plans that are available to you.
Knowledge@Wharton	Major Health Care Reform Under President Bush Remains Elusive Three of the chief health-care challenges facing the United States are: finding a way to provide coverage for the millions of uninsured, reforming Medicare, and setting up a prescription-drug plan for the elderly. The White House is likely to make headway on only the third of these in the next two years.
Financial Planning April 1, 2010 Donald Jay Korn	Medicare: Change is Coming This is a great time to get together with clients over 65 who will be affected by health care changes and go over their Medicare coverage. At the same time, you can see what other areas of financial planning are on their mind.
Knowledge@Wharton July 30, 2003	Restructuring Medicare Is a Riskier Operation than First Thought Hailed as a bipartisan success when passed in late June, two Medicare reform bills are losing some of their luster as they face closer scrutiny by a conference committee made up of members of both chambers charged with reconciling the legislation this fall.
Managed Care May 2002	Drug Companies Unveil Their Plan For Discount Card In the absence of any congressional action on a pharmacy benefit in Medicare, seven pharmaceutical companies have teamed up to offer a drug discount card that many call a vital first step in shoring up Medicare coverage
The Motley Fool January 22, 2007 Dan Caplinger	Understanding Medicare: Claims In general, Medicare provides a level of coverage that is fairly similar to what private health insurance plans offer. Here are some tips for getting the most from it.
Registered Rep. October 10, 2014 Mark Miller	Healthcare Inflation is on the Mend Tame healthcare inflation is good news for your retired clients.
Managed Care September 2004	Bush Officials Seek Bounce From Medicare Reform Law Unfortunately for Bush, a recent survey says that most Medicare recipients who plan to let this issue influence their vote plan to cast those votes for Sen. John Kerry.
Pharmaceutical Executive June 1, 2007 Walter Armstrong	Back Page: The Incredible Shrinking Donut Hole The number of Medicare Part D subscribers who fall into the coverage gap looks smaller than was feared. Will that fact fall into the gap inside the Beltway?
Financial Advisor March 2006 Karen DeMasters	Clients Lost In Medicare Lurch Although some of the more than 40 million eligible Medicare recipients in the nation already have signed up for the new prescription drug benefits program Part D, many people still are seeking the advice of financial planners and weighing the options that are available to them.
BusinessWeek December 15, 2003 Howard Gleckman	Medicare's $86 Billion Band-Aid The subsidy won't stop many companies from scaling back retiree drug benefits.
BusinessWeek July 14, 2003 Robert J. Barro	Medicare: Forget the Drug Benefit, and Face Up to Real Reforms Washington seems poised to make a major error on Medicare. The program's costs are out of control, and the situation will deteriorate further as the population ages. We should be considering basic changes to the structure of the health-care market.
Managed Care April 2005	Medicare Modernization Act to Increase Public Sector Spending Nearly 50 Percent While the burden on the public sector to supply health care benefits to Medicare and Medicaid enrollees will increase, on the private side, a reevaluation of current forms of health insurance coverage may take place as growth in premiums continues to outpace growth in compensation.
Salon.com September 8, 2000 Alan Berlow	Prescription politics What's the difference between the Bush and Gore health plans?
Searcher October 2011 Stephanie C. Ardito	The Medical Digital: Navigating the Medicare Maze Since entitlement programs are the chief governmental programs under fire, I decided to revisit the healthcare bills passed back in March (H.R. 3590, the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act).
Managed Care July 2002	Survey: Health System Changes Should Not Be Made Too Quickly A sweeping change to the American health care industry, such as a wholesale move to a system based on defined contribution, is not favored by most people, according to a national survey that seems to reflect a conservative mood regarding medical coverage and prescription drug benefits.
Managed Care June 2005	Headlines On Deadline ... Many jobs available to young adults pay little... Prescription medications are getting more difficult to afford...
Managed Care May 2003	Premiums up, benefits down for M+C Premiums continue to rise for Medicare+Choice beneficiaries while the benefit selection gets somewhat narrower, a study funded by the Commonwealth Fund and conducted by Mathematica Policy Research finds. Monthly premiums rose from about $23 in 2001 to about $37 in 2003.