A combination of government policies and market trends is causing significant turmoil in the Prescription Drug Plan (PDP) market, especially for plans that serve beneficiaries who receive the Medicare ...

Near low-income Medicare beneficiaries experience significant affordability challenges, facing higher financial burdens and medical debt compared to other income groups. Despite similar health status ...

Medicare beneficiaries who qualify for the Medicare Low-Income Subsidy Program could be eligible this year to pay no more than $2.50 for generic drugs and $6.30 for brand name drugs, according to a ...

Patients with cancer who participated in the Medicare Low-Income Subsidy program were less likely to receive any systemic cancer therapy compared with patients not participating in the program. Among ...

Loss of a Medicare drug benefit could spell death for thousands of Americans People are 4% more likely to die if they lose their Medicare Part D Low-Income Subsidy The risk is even higher among people ...

While it may seem intuitive that people would die without life-saving medications, Penn and Harvard researchers have connected losing a federally funded prescription drug assistance program and an ...

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Commissioners on the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission largely supported recommendations to increase pay for physicians and other health professionals by slightly less than inflation, and establish ...