Medicare Part D enrollees remain at risk of increasing prescription drug payments year after year. A new analysis shows that a proposal to cap out-of-pocket expenses in Medicare would lower prescription drug prices by an average of $900 for eligible seniors while raising overall Medicare program spending levels by less than 1 percent.
Researchers determine that a spending cap in Medicare Part D would help protect individuals and their families from withstanding high drug payments year after year and enhance the overall benefit of the Medicare Part D program without substantially raising the program’s costs.
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