Medicare Drug Benefit Helps Heart Patients, Study Finds
The Medicare Part D prescription drug plan has assisted older U.S. beneficiaries receive recommended medications for controlling heart failure, according to a study published in American Heart Journal. Researchers examined heart failure patients before and after the Medicare drug benefit went into effect in 2006 and found that the number of filled prescriptions for heart failure drugs increased among beneficiaries.
- "Medicare Drug Benefit Boosts Use of Heart Failure Meds" (Reuters, 7/20).