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President Tells Insurers to Aid Ailing Medicare Drug Plan

With tens of thousands of people unable to get medicines promised by Medicare, the Bush administration has told insurers that they must provide a 30-day supply of any drug that a beneficiary was previously taking, and it said that poor people must not be charged more than $5 for a covered drug.

The actions came after several states declared public health emergencies, and many states announced that they would step in to pay for prescriptions that should have been covered by the federal Medicare program.

To read this article in its entirety, click on Medicare Drug Plan.

posted by Mike @ 5:45 AM