Seniors Already Seeing Lower Prescription Drug Costs

[babsbunny]

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/08/18/seniors-already-seeing-lower-prescription-drug-costs

Posted by Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on August 18, 2010 at 04:49 PM EDT

The Affordable Care Act is working to help bring down the cost of prescription drugs for seniors enrolled in the Medicare Part D prescription drug program and today, we got more good news for our seniors.

This afternoon, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that Medicare prescription drug plan premiums for 2011 will stay similar to rates beneficiaries are currently paying this year. The average premiums in 2010 were $29 per month -- in 2011 we expect average monthly premiums to be just a dollar more. All beneficiaries should check to make sure that the plan offerings that will be available in 2011 are right for them when information on those plans becomes available in October.

[babylonsister]

1. Rec'd fwiw; trolls out in force! nt

[sueh]

2. K & R.

My husband will be enrolling in Medicare in Spring 2011 :)

[babylonsister]

3. pm kick! nt

[havocmom]

4. been reading they are also seeing huge increase in insurance drug co-pays

Until we get the insurance industry out of the equation, we are kidding ourselves about reform.

[eridani]

5. Bingo. Drop the price and increase the copay

The ratfuckers win again.

[NYC_SKP]

7. No, actually, that's absolutely incorrect for seniors.

I've read of only a few self employed or small groups paying higher copays, but not seniors.

My copays fell this year.

:patriot:

[deacon]

6. It ain't perfect. But it's a big move up from the abomination we've all been living with. Democrats

do things. GOP = No

[DemocraticPilgrim]

8. We need to bang the drum for this one real loud and say no GOP repeals.