Drug Info
Seniors look to doctors for Medicare drug info: in a poll, 38% of respondents said they'd ask their doctor about enrolling in the Medicare drug plan.(Practice Trends)Silverman, Jennifer WASHINGTON -- Older patients are choosing their physician over the phone or using electronic resources to help them understand the complexities of the new prescription drug law.
Many beneficiaries don't understand what the new law does, and many are not comfortable looking for information online, Drew Altman, president and CEO of the Kaiser Family Foundation, said during the annual conference of the National Academy of Social Insurance.
In a Kaiser Family Foundation poll of more than 1,200 adults, only 13% said they understood the new law very well. More than half (53%) ...
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