Medicare Part D: a first look at prescription drug plans in 2018
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Issue brief (Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation)
- Author(s):
- Cubanski, Juliette, author Damico, Anthony, author Hoadley, Jack, author Orgera, Kendal, author Neuman, Tricia, author
- Contributor(s):
- Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, issuing body.
- Publication:
- Menlo Park, CA : Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, October 2017
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Medicare Part C -- economics Medicare Part C -- statistics & numerical data Medicare Part C -- trends Medicare Part D -- economics Medicare Part D -- statistics & numerical data Medicare Part D -- trends Cost Sharing -- statistics & numerical data Deductibles and Coinsurance -- statistics & numerical data Forecasting Humans United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- During the Medicare open enrollment period from October 15 to December 7 each year, beneficiaries can enroll in a plan that provides Part D drug coverage, either a stand-alone prescription drug plan (PDP) as a supplement to traditional Medicare, or a Medicare Advantage prescription drug plan (MA-PD), which provides all Medicare-covered benefits including drugs. Part D plans vary in numerous ways that can have a significant effect on an enrollee's out-of-pocket spending, including premiums, deductibles, cost sharing, tier placement, the list of covered drugs, and preferred pharmacies. This issue brief provides an overview of the 2018 Part D PDP landscape, the largest segment of the Part D marketplace, with 20.4 million enrollees in 2017 (excluding enrollees in employer-only PDPs, for whom plan premium and benefits data are unavailable). For detail on the data and methods, see the Methods section.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (21 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101717210 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101717210