Trump’s Drug Plan Backfires on Some of the Sickest Americans
From the House Democratic Leader's Press Office
Prescription drug costs continue to rise under
And even worse, the New York Times reports that under the President's so-called plan to lower drug prices he unveiled last month, the sickest patients could actually see their out-of-pocket drug costs increase:
When
At the heart of the president's plan is a proposal to switch some expensive drugs from one part of Medicare to another part -- moving them from Part B, the medical benefit created in the original 1965 Medicare law, to Part D, the outpatient drug benefit added by
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"People may see a lot higher out-of-pocket costs if a drug moves from Part B to Part D," said
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Another potential problem is that nine million Medicare beneficiaries who are enrolled in Part B do not have drug coverage under Part D. The
This on top of the fact that
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