Number Of U.S. Residents Enrolled In Medicare Prescription Drug Plans Increases By 6.2% This Year; CMS Reduces Benefit Cost Estimates

Acting CMS Administrator Kerry Weems on Thursday announced that enrollment in the Medicare prescription drug benefit in 2008 increased by 6.2% from last year to 25.4 million beneficiaries, Bloomberg/Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Among the overall 44.2 million Medicare beneficiaries, 17.

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Filed under: Medicare / Medicaid / Tricare on February 7th, 2008