Agencies offer help to ensure prescriptions are still covered as Medicare benefits change

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.livewellnebraska.com/health/agencies-offer-help-to-ensure-prescriptions-are-still-covered-as/article_4a37922c-d7de-52d8-ae72-8d27e763bebb.html

Posted: Monday, October 26, 2015 12:30 am
By Bob Glissmann / World-Herald staff writer

Omahan Stephen Fulton says he will save about $3,000 next year by switching to a different Medicare Part D prescription drug plan.

He found the savings by having his prescription plan reviewed by someone with Volunteers Assisting Seniors. The group provides Senior Health Insurance Information Program services in a five-county area that includes Omaha.

SHIIP groups across the state have scheduled about 200 sessions from now through Dec. 7 to help people review their general Medicare benefits or Part D plans.

Fulton, 62, has a type of cancer called multiple myeloma and takes more than a dozen medications. The terms of his existing plan are changing in 2016, and it no longer will include one of his medications on its list of covered drugs.

FULL story at link.

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. Yep, insurance companies patiently waited till everyone signed up for their products

via Medicare Supplemental, and Part D, and Obama Care, then raised the rates or dropped coverages.