Not All Seniors To Get $200 Medicare Drug Cards Before Election

Only some seniors will receive the president’s $200 Medicare Part D cards for copays before the election because it will take months to issue the cards, White House officials said Friday (Sept. 25). Officials declined to say how the cards would be paid for, but on a call with industry representatives, White House officials said the one-time Medicare gift cards would test whether giving seniors $200 saves money by making it more likely that seniors take their medicine, thereby lowering...