health plan

Medicare beneficiaries reaching 'Doughnut Hole' stage devoid of adequate medication

Pittsburgh, February 4: Health care plan, ‘Doughnut Hole’, meant for extending better health facilities for the American seniors, seems to be failing in its objective to provide a

Medicare beneficiaries reaching 'Doughnut Hole' stage devoid of adequate medication

The new study reveals that U.S. seniors, who reach the no-coverage ‘doughnut hole’ in the Medicare Part D drug plan, feel compelled to cut their prescription drugs.

According to a team of researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, the plan results in increased costs that have to borne on hospitalizations and physician visits due to inadequate drug coverage.

Syndicate content