Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Lowered Out-of-Pocket Costs For Beneficiaries By 17% In 2006, Study Finds
Medicare‘s prescription drug benefit led to a 17% reduction in out-of-pocket costs, or $9 per month, for beneficiaries who enrolled in the program in 2006, according to a study published online Tuesday on the Annals of Internal Medicine Web site, the Chicago Tribune reports. For the study, G.