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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
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. |
The Motley Fool
January 22, 2007
Michael P. Cecil |
Will Medicare Negotiate With Drug Companies? One of the bedrock principles of our economic system is that those buying more of a product receive a discount. Wouldn't empowering Medicare to save taxpayers' money be widely embraced as a great idea? But how would pharma investors see it? |
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. |
Managed Care
February 2007 |
Employer-Sponsored Insurance Coverage Rates Falling A new report says that that 61 percent of non-elderly Americans had employer-sponsored insurance in 2004, compared to 66 percent in 2000. |
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
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
July 2005 |
Seeing is believing? Medicare reform seems to be taking root. |
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
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. |
| 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. |
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
March 2002 |
How Medicare beneficiaries spend money on drugs The Kaiser Family Foundation notes that Medicare beneficiaries account for 14 percent of the U.S. population, but for 43 percent of the nation's spending on prescription drugs. Thirteen percent of beneficiaries had to pay $2,000 or more out of pocket in 2001... |
Pharmaceutical Executive
July 1, 2005
Patrick Clinton |
Playing Doctor Why Congress plans to ban erectile dysfunction drugs from Medicare and Medicaid, and why they shouldn't do it. |
Managed Care
August 2001 |
Prescription Plan For Medicare Faces Lawsuit President Bush's plan to give prescription discounts to Medicare beneficiaries has created quite a storm... |
The Motley Fool
December 12, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
Don't Fall Into the Doughnut Hole Medicare Part D provides valuable benefits for seniors. However, because the doughnut hole is a gap in coverage by prescription-drug plans, seniors must be prepared to deal with the costs associated with it. |
Managed Care
December 2004 |
Number of Prescriptions Grows Faster Than Population With the rising costs of prescriptions and other issues relating to implementation of the new Medicare drug benefit, it is no wonder that policymakers are considering new approaches to addressing drug costs. |
Managed Care
March 2004 |
More Retirees Face Life Without Health Benefits Employer-sponsored health benefits for retirees could go the way of house calls and dial phones thanks to increasing health care costs. A study says that 10 percent of 408 companies with 1,000 employees or more plan to drop coverage for future retirees. |
Managed Care
December 2006 |
Medicare Part D Recipients Plan to Stay with Coverage Seventy-three percent of people in Medicare Advantage prescription drug plans want to stick with their current coverage package in 2007, according to a Wall Street Journal/Harris Interactive poll. |
Managed Care
August 2002 |
24 States Hope Pharmacy Plus Helps Medicaid Twenty-four states may gamble that providing a prescription drug program to low-income elderly who do not qualify for Medicaid could save them money in the long run. |
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
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. |
The Motley Fool
November 30, 2011
Brian Orelli |
This $581 Doughnut Hole Costs Drugmakers It's costing drugmakers money. Can they recoup it elsewhere? |
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
July 2002 |
Memo Clarifies CMS Guidelines on Injectables Injectable drugs should be covered by Medicare if beneficiaries administer them less than 50 percent of the time, according to a clarification on this issue by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services that's set to take effect Aug. 1. |
Financial Planning
February 1, 2006
Janet Aschkenasy |
Drug Deals Here is how to help your financial advisory clients make sense of Medicare Part D. |
Managed Care
December 2006
Martin Sipkoff |
Federally Negotiated Drug Prices Anticipated for Medicare Part D Congress to force the issue of federally negotiated drug prices. This could eventually lead to a government-run drug plan. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Prescription Drug Coverage for Seniors Faces Uncertain Future The discussion about adding a prescription drug benefit to Medicare will be put on hold... |
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
November 2002 |
Bush's Drug-Patent Move Makes Generics Hot Topic The inability of President Bush and Congress to come to terms on such hot-button health care issues as HMO liability and Medicare drug coverage has helped to push another topic to the fore: the availability of generic drugs. |
Managed Care
May 2001
Michael Levin-Epstein |
Prescription Drug Talk Cooled Off Faster Than a Texas Thunderstorm Medicare reform -- and especially prescription drug benefits within Medicare -- no longer appears to be the burning issue it once was on Capitol Hill. The culprits: priorities and money... |
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. |
Managed Care
January 2007 |
Most People Happy With Their Coverage Americans still appear satisfied with their health care coverage, according to a Wall Street Journal/Harris Interactive poll. |
The Motley Fool
February 25, 2010
Brian Orelli |
An Untouched Market Waiting to Be Captured Unfilled prescriptions are a potential boon to drug companies. |
Managed Care
July 2000
Michael Levin-Epstein |
Congress Asked To Take Action As HMOs Flee Managed Medicare Thanks mainly to the increasing cost of providing a prescription drug benefit, HMOs are exiting Medicare+Choice, the system that was supposed to manage the health of the nation's senior citizens, in droves. Only an act of Congress can save Medicare+Choice, but is seems doubtful that will happen. |
Managed Care
June 2005 |
Headlines On Deadline ... Many jobs available to young adults pay little... Prescription medications are getting more difficult to afford... |
Salon.com
August 31, 2000
Alan Berlow |
Bitter pills Pharmaceutical companies are apoplectic over Gore's prescription drug pricing proposal |
Managed Care
May 2000 |
Prescription Drug Benefit Gaining In Election Year Considered a dead issue just weeks ago, a prescription drug benefit in Medicare is suddenly thought to be the health care issue with the best chance for passage this year.... |
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... |
BusinessWeek
May 1, 2006
Howard Gleckman |
Medicare Surprise Why many seniors could temporarily lose drug coverage. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
December 1, 2008
Jill Wechsler |
Challenge and Challenges Expanded healthcare coverage also fits the goals of pharma manufacturers. |
BusinessWeek
May 10, 2004
John Carey |
Drug Prices: A New Covenant? The states' growing negotiating clout with Big Pharma raises crucial questions |
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
September 2000 |
Three New England States Form Drug-Buying Cooperative Now that the governors of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont have agreed to form a prescription drug-buying cooperative, the hard work of fleshing out the plan begins... |
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. |
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. |
Managed Care
May 2005 |
Implementing Medicare Part D Could Get Ugly This expert who hopes to help everybody adjust, nevertheless expects big headaches come Jan. 1, 2006. However, e-prescribing could make the drug plan work. |
Managed Care
March 2008 |
PDP Drug Restrictions Block Comparison Shopping A review of 169 commonly used drugs covered by Medicare Prescription Drug Plans (PDPs) reveals that only 4 of the 10 largest plans by enrollment have all of those 169 drugs on formulary. |
The Motley Fool
September 16, 2004
Dayana Yochim |
Here's to Your (Cheaper) Health Care More Americans are looking to Canada for ideas on fixing the health-care crisis. |
Managed Care
March 2000 |
Americans favor reform - but not too much Momentum is building in Washington to address numerous health care issues this year... |
