The first months of the prescription drug benefit - A CMS update

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New prescription-drug coverage under Medicare was launched in the US on January 1, 2006, whereby the benefit is provided by competing 'stand-alone' private drug plans that work with the traditional fee-for-service Medicare benefit and by plans that are part of private Medicare Advantage programs. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) claims Medicare Part D is being successfully implemented May 2006, despite the initial start-up challenges.

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A prescription for a modern Medicare program

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have developed the blueprint for the drug benefit, which would help patients, and doctors work together to alleviate symptoms and reduce the rate of complications of serious illness. The blueprint aims to have access to high-quality, affordable drug coverage, continuous access to drugs needed by the chronically ill and wide array of benefits to consumers.

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Benefits and consequences for the poor and the disabled

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The new Medicare Part D will improve the medications for millions of Americans and will be restricted for only poorer and sicker patients. Medicare will pay the entire Part D premium for the dually eligible who will not be required to pay the standard $250 deductible, the $500 in coinsurance for the first $2,250 in drug benefits, or the next $2,850 of drug costs.

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