To: Kathleen Sebelius, President Donald Trump, The Massachusetts State House, The Massachusetts State Senate, Governor Charlie Baker, The United States House of Representatives, and The United States Senate
Simply Medicare: Save Prescription Drug Costs
Each year millions of Medicare beneficiaries are asked to choose a new Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plan, remain with their current plan, or pay a penalty for failing to enroll in Medicare Part D. I am quite certain that President Obama, Speaker Boehner, or Senate President Harry Reid have not engaged in this process, sitting down to their computers, entering the names of their medications, the dosage, and the number of times a day they take the medication, then waiting for their computer to list the hundreds of Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plans from which they must choose the best one. Each plan has preferred pharmacies and each drug price differs from one pharmacy to another. When a beneficiary's drug costs reaches $2970, the beneficiary must pay the the negotiated percentage for their medication until the beneficiary has out-of-pocket costs of $4750. Then catastrophic coverage will commence and the beneficiary cost will be small.. Because each plan has a different deductible, copay, and coinsurance, and the prescribed drug may or may not be on the formulary, or may be a Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3, Tier 4 or Tier 5, the cost of each drug plan will differ substantially and the beneficiary must check with each plan to inquire about drug costs. Of course the beneficiary will be given a premium and an estimated drug cost. The beneficiary will be told that drug prices change from one day to the next and from one pharmacy to the next.
Our seniors are often remaining on a plan that does not meet their needs because they do not know which plan is best. Many are foregoing their prescribed drugs because their drug is not on the Prescription Drug Plan's Formulary or the copay and coinsurance are too costly. These seniors grow more ill over time, developing serious conditions with serious consequences like the loss of a limb, the need for an organ transplant, wounds that will not heal - all consequences of a single untreated case of diabetes.
Call, write, and email President Obama, Speaker Boehner, Senator Harry Reid and your Senators and Representatives and demand a Single Payer System.
Put an end to this nightmare experience for our seniors.
Put an end to the high cost of Medicare Part D Prescription Drugs. Demand a Single Payer System.
Demand that our Senators, Representatives and President and all government employees participate in the similar Prescription Drug Program and experience what our seniors experience. Our seniors are given a window of time from October 15 to December 7 to change their Prescription Drug Plan each year. Let's ask our government officials to appreciate the experience annually just as our seniors do or Fix it NOW!
Our seniors are often remaining on a plan that does not meet their needs because they do not know which plan is best. Many are foregoing their prescribed drugs because their drug is not on the Prescription Drug Plan's Formulary or the copay and coinsurance are too costly. These seniors grow more ill over time, developing serious conditions with serious consequences like the loss of a limb, the need for an organ transplant, wounds that will not heal - all consequences of a single untreated case of diabetes.
Call, write, and email President Obama, Speaker Boehner, Senator Harry Reid and your Senators and Representatives and demand a Single Payer System.
Put an end to this nightmare experience for our seniors.
Put an end to the high cost of Medicare Part D Prescription Drugs. Demand a Single Payer System.
Demand that our Senators, Representatives and President and all government employees participate in the similar Prescription Drug Program and experience what our seniors experience. Our seniors are given a window of time from October 15 to December 7 to change their Prescription Drug Plan each year. Let's ask our government officials to appreciate the experience annually just as our seniors do or Fix it NOW!
Why is this important?
Every year millions of Medicare beneficiaries must change Medicare Part D prescription drug plan to find a plan that will cover their prescribed medications and determine what their projected cost will be for each plan researched. The beneficiary is often given a new prescription during the year, only to discover their current plan will not cover the new prescription. They either return to their doctor and ask for a different medication (often not as effective) or sometimes go without the necessary medication growing more seriously ill, increasing their overall medical costs.