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t's time to share drug savings with Medicare patients

October 02, 2024 - 00:00
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A simple reform to Medicare’s prescription drug program could put billions of dollars back into seniors’ pockets over the next decade. That’d help them better manage their chronic conditions and significantly lower overall health spending. Concerningly, that reform is gathering dust. That’s a huge problem for seniors -- and one we need to fix sooner rather than later.More than two-thirds of Medicare beneficiaries have multiple chronic illnesses. They face health care costs five times higher than their peers without any chronic conditions. And right now, because of the way Medicare is structured, they overpay for the medicines they need.Currently, drug ...

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