Closing the "doughnut hole" has helped protect millions of Medicare beneficiaries from high drug costs
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Fact sheet (AARP Public Policy Institute)
- Author(s):
- Purvis, Leigh, author
- Contributor(s):
- AARP (Organization), issuing body. Public Policy Institute (AARP (Organization))
- Publication:
- Washington, DC : AARP Public Policy Institute, March 2017
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Drug Costs Insurance Coverage Medicare Part D -- economics Cost Savings Deductibles and Coinsurance Financing, Personal Medicare -- legislation & jurisprudence Humans United States United States.
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- The Affordable Care Act provision that closes the Medicare Part D coverage gap has resulted in $23.5 billion in savings for more than 11 million Medicare beneficiaries. This important consumer protection will take on added significance as prescription drug prices continue to rise.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (3 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101743425 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101743425