tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 36

Medicare Part D: Seniors Slowly Coming Around On PDP

Attitudes shift as PDP enrollment approaches.Do more seniors believe that the upcoming Medicare prescription drug plan will save them money, even as drug prices continue to increase faster than inflation?Yes, says a new Kaiser Family Foundation survey released Aug. 15. The poll found that 32 percent of seniors have a favorable view of the drug plan, while 32 percent do not; 18 percent of those questioned were neutral.These findings point to a slow yet steady increase in beneficiaries' favorable views on the prescription benefit. In February 2004, a similar Kaiser survey discovered that only 17 percent...

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