MedPAC To Consider Hiking Plans’ Share Of Part D Donut Hole Costs

By John Wilkerson / January 17, 2019 at 7:21 PM
In April, congressional Medicare advisers plan to consider policies to hike insurers’ share of coverage gap costs and to reduce seniors’ Part D out-of-pocket costs, possibly by sharing rebates with seniors. Medicare Payment Advisory Commission members also plan to dive into catastrophic-coverage policies, and they talked a little Thursday (Jan. 17) about reinsurance. “We are planning this spring to take on two Part D issues: restructuring the coverage gap discount and reducing out of pocket costs for high cost drugs,”...


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