Medicare's drug program enrollment growing
Patient Access Weekly Advisor, Forbes, February 6, 2008
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The number of enrollees in the three-year-old Medicare Part D drug program is climbing, even as costs for the program drop, U.S. health officials announced last week, according to a Forbes report.
"Overall, costs for beneficiaries and taxpayers are considerably lower than originally projections, enrollment continues to rise and customer satisfaction remains very high," Kerry Weems, acting administrator at the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), told reporters.
But many others criticize the program for its high co-pays on some drugs, its inability to negotiate lower prices with the drug industry, and its overall complexity, Forbes reports.
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