Rep. Nancy L. Johnson Announces Hearing on Implementation of the Medicare Drug Benefit
In announcing the hearing, Subcommittee on Health Chairman Nancy Johnson stated, “Today more seniors than ever before have access to affordable prescription drug coverage through the Medicare drug plan, and more seniors are signing up every day. The Medicare drug benefit is the biggest expansion of the program since it was created 40 years ago. Today more than 27 million Medicare beneficiaries have drug coverage; including 8 million who have signed up for stand-alone drug plans. During this hearing, we will examine how this significant new program is being implemented and discuss with Medicare beneficiaries, federal officials and health care providers how we can improve the drug benefit going forward.”
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