AARP Ramps Up Effort To Close Medicare Doughnut Hole - KYPost.com

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LOUISVILLE, Ky – AARP’s Health Action Now campaign turns its attention this week to the growing problem of prescription drug costs and reducing the gap in prescription drug coverage for people in Medicare.

Closing the Part D doughnut hole could save people in the program thousands of dollars in drug costs and keep them healthier by ensuring they can afford their medications.

The Association is pressing lawmakers to lower individuals’ drug costs as a part of health reform, including closing the doughnut hole—[which forces more than 3 million people in Medicare to pay their full drug costs each year]—and increasing the availability of generic drugs, particularly generic versions of costly biologics.....

AARP Ramps Up Effort To Close Medicare Doughnut Hole - KYPost.com