Medicare Offers Smallest Rise in Premiums ... (ans offered in the regions sampled raise...)

Medicare Offers Smallest Rise in Premiums in 6 Years

Date:10/1/2007

ans offered in the regions sampled raised their drug costs. In the most extreme case, Blue Medicare RX-Standard in Illinois hiked the cost of five widely used drugs by 28 percent, or $679, the report found.

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SOURCES: Oct. 1, 2007, teleconference with Kerry Weems, acting administrator, Rick Foster, chief actuary U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; Robert Hayes, president, Medicare Rights Center, New York City; Oct. 1, 2007, news release, Consumers Union

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