Medicare and Medicaid

Prescription Drug Benefits for Medicare Patients with Cancer to Cost More in 2009

Published in Cancer Weekly, December 23rd, 2008

People with cancer enrolled in Medicare Part D plans will spend more out-of-pocket for their Part D drugs and face increased restrictions on access to them in 2009, according to new research released by Avalere Health and the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN).

The Avalere-ACS CAN research found that Medicare stand-alone prescription drug plans (PDPs) have been increasingly shifting name-brand oral cancer drugs to higher formulary tiers over the last four years, meaning that with each year, the products have cost more for consumers.

In 2009, the large majority of PDPs placed name-brand oral oncology products -- including Gleevec,...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-12-23)

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