Congress’ Medicare Advisers Gear Up To Push Part D Redesign

By Ariel Cohen / January 17, 2020 at 6:21 PM
Congressional Medicare advisors welcomed a proposed restructuring of the Medicare Part D program that would make plans responsible for paying a larger share of seniors' drug costs and restructure the catastrophic benefit to eliminate enrollee cost-sharing. The commission will vote in March whether to send the recommendations to Congress. The proposed restructuring, discussed during a Thursday (Jan. 16) meeting, would cap Part D enrollee spending, decrease Medicare reinsurance during the catastrophic phase from 80% to 20% and increase brand liability...


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