The high price of aging

In addition to the millions of completely uninsured, nearly half of seniors with Medigap did not have their coverage for the entire year. Because of the limited information about price discounts, the Department of Health and Human Services will hold a conference this summer that will focus on prescr...

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Published in:	The Western journal of medicine Vol. 172; no. 6; pp. 363 - 364
Main Author:	Charatan, F B
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Copyright 2000 BMJ publishing Group 01-06-2000 BMJ Publishing Group LTD
Series:	Medicine and Money
Subjects:	Aged Canada Costs Drug Costs Drug Industry - economics Drug Prescriptions - economics Humans Insurance, Pharmaceutical Services Medicare Medicare - economics Older people Pharmaceutical industry Politics Prescription drugs United States Wage & price controls Canada United States Vermont
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Summary:	In addition to the millions of completely uninsured, nearly half of seniors with Medigap did not have their coverage for the entire year. Because of the limited information about price discounts, the Department of Health and Human Services will hold a conference this summer that will focus on prescription drug pricing practices. Clinton's plan, which has yet to become law, would give Medicare beneficiaries the option to pay for a prescription drug benefit that would cover half of all drug costs up to $5,000 when fully phased in, including a stop-loss provision to protect seniors against catastrophic drug costs.
Bibliography:	Correspondence to: Dr Charatan fred.charatan@prodigy.net ark:/67375/NVC-270PWC9C-8 PMID:10854373 ArticleID:1720363 istex:FABE51D34633C39EA3EE19D7ADB2A3110CEF17C8 ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23
ISSN:	0093-0415 1476-2978
DOI:	10.1136/ewjm.172.6.363