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Medicare and Medicaid
Resource Helps Seniors Manage the Medicare Drug Coverage Gap
July 15th, 2007
Some Medicare beneficiaries using the Part D prescription drug plan might find themselves in the coverage gap or "donut hole." A brochure available through Your Pharmacy Benefit (YPB), a collaborative consumer education effort, can help Medicare beneficiaries manage the coverage gap. The gap -- a component of some Medicare prescription drug plans in which Medicare temporarily stops paying for prescriptions and the entire cost must be paid by the beneficiary -- is likely to affect about 8 percent of Medicare beneficiaries. While many people will see little or no impact from the coverage gap, it can require some preparation by those who will encounter it. ...
Source: Aging & Elder Health Week (2007-07-15)
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