Soaring Drug Prices Remind Beneficiaries to Review Their Part D Coverage in Medicare’s Open Enrollment
Medicare Open Enrollment is a once-a-year window from October 15 – December 7 where beneficiaries can review and change their Medicare health plan and/or their Part D prescription drug plan…
Update on Accessing Part D Drugs While on Hospice
Earlier this year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) revised its guidance on payment of Part D covered drugs for beneficiaries on Medicare hospice as beneficiaries were having…
Illegal to Use Part D Drug Copayment Coupons? Yes It Is
Did you know it’s illegal for Medicare beneficiaries to use coupons for their Part D drugs? Most people don’t….but it is. Coupons are a way that drug companies can entice…
Low Performing Health & Drug Plans Get Another Year
Low Performing Plans (LPP) get one more year. LPPs, which are Medicare Advantage plans or prescription drug plans with overall ratings of fewer than 3 stars for 3 consecutive years,…
Are You Spending More On Drugs?
Is there a pile of marketing mailers on your kitchen table? It must be the Annual Election Period (AEP), commonly known as Open Enrollment. Between October 15 and December 7,…
Open Enrollment is Here! Do You Know Your Plan Changes for 2014?
Open Enrollment is upon us. Technically referred to as the Annual Election Period (AEP), this enrollment period runs from October 15 through December 7, and is one of the few…
Pharmacy Students Offer Free Clinics to Help Medicare Enrollees Save on Drug Costs; Offer Health Screenings
Clinics scheduled in Stockton, Tracy, Lodi, Berkeley, San Jose, San Francisco, and Oakland One of our California Health Advocates board members, Rajul Patel and his pharmacy students at University of…
Why Do American Spend So Much on Prescription Drugs?
Did you know that although the U.S. comprises 5% of the world’s population, it holds 50% of pharmaceutical company profits? On a per capita basis, Americans spend about $1,000 per…
Are More Americans Dying from Too Many Medications?
This short infograph demonstrates both visually and statistically some disturbing facts of Americans being overmedicated, so much so that every 19 minutes someone dies of a medication overdoes. While many…
Price of 1 Drug Could Equal an 8% Increase in Part D Drug Premiums…Oh, Look at That Squirrel!
Below is a humorous but sadly too true commentary on the outrageous prices of drugs and how the pharmaceutical industry does everything in its power to avoid discussing prices….and to…
