By Kate Ashford, CSA®, April 14, 2023 Specific drug coverage varies by plan, and you may not be able to switch to a plan that covers your drug immediately, or you may find that no plans cover it. “The problems are the more expensive brand name medications,” says Katy Votava,…
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Medicare Part D Drug Coverage Gap Closing at Faster Clip
By Rachel L. Sheedy, Editor
May 31, 2018
From Kiplinger’s Retirement Report
Dr. Katy quoted in this article:
The gap was never scheduled to close 100%,” says Dr. Katy Votava, president of GoodCare.com. Once it closes, “beneficiaries will still pay 25% out of their pockets.”
Headlines earlier this year announced the “doughnut hole” in Medicare’s Part D prescription-drug coverage is closing ahead of schedule.
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13 Smart Ways to Save on Prescription Drugs
@karabrandeisky, Feb. 29, 2016
Save 40% or more on the medications you need.
Your prescription drugs may come with a new side effect: financial pain. Prescription-drug spending grew 12.2% in 2014—five times as fast as the year before—according to the Centers for Medicare &
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