Medicare
Many Wisconsin seniors joining SeniorCare to put off making a decision on Medicare Part D
Published in Health and Medicine Week, April 20th, 2006
According to the latest issue of Wisconsin Health Plan Analysis, in December 2005 the state received 175 applications to the program per day, a 150% increase over the 70 applications a day a year before.
"State officials have long touted SeniorCare as a more attractive and beneficial program than the Medicare Part D drug benefit, and many seniors seem to agree," said Ric Gross, HealthLeaders-InterStudy analyst.
Gross continued, "Most seniors...
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