Medicare
'Plan D' needs to be remedied
There's
an old saying in basketball that if a referee has to explain a call he's made,
then it's a bad call. What, then,
are we all to make of the 98-page booklet that offers explanations and
instructions for the new Medicare 'Plan D'? Plan D could be labeled the
"drug industry policy" because it is very much driven by the drug
industry's power and lobbying efforts.
‘Losing
Business to
Canada’
The
same companies that sell prescription drugs in the U.S. also sell them in other
countries around the world, including Canada.
The
U.S.
is the only industrialized
country with no regulations limiting drug prices, so the same pills are
much more expensive here. As a result, by the summer of 2004, at least 1
million people living in the
U.S. were filling their prescriptions in
neighboring
Canada
, at a considerable
saving.
PharmacyChecker.com
– ‘More Savings In
Canada
’
Most
Seniors Save More with Canadian Low-Cost Pharmacies Than With Basic Medicare
Drug Plan According to PharmacyChecker.com.
—
Success of Drug Plans will Hinge on Convenience and Discounts Beyond Standard
Plan — PharmacyChecker.com released new research comparing the savings
potential of buying drugs from low-cost online pharmacies from Canada…
The
Coming Drug Bust?
The
newest Medicare benefit is confusing and costly. It may not be much of a
political boon to the people who created and promoted it.
Its purpose was mostly political: to bribe the elderly or
soon-to-be-elderly to support Republicans in 2004.
Medicare's
drug maze: Beneficiaries face multiple choices
... those who don't take many prescriptions may wind up paying more in premiums
than they would spend if they paid for all of their medicine out-of-pocket.
"Choosing a plan really depends on personal drug
use," said Eric Cormier,
Aetna's retiree
market general manager for the Mid-Atlantic region.
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