Sickest patients still struggle under new Medicare Part D benefit
A recent study finds that the advantages of the new Medicare Part D drug benefitâ€â€?a program that for the first time offers Medicare recipients prescription drug coverageâ€â€?are mixed. On the one hand, both healthy and sick beneficiaries are now less likely to cut back on basic necessities in order to pay for medicine. However, the sickest patients, who typically have high drug…