Tradeoffs

Rising Costs, Fewer Choices: What’s Up with Medicare Drug Plans?


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Facing mounting financial pressures, insurance companies are changing the prescription drug coverage available to many consumers in Medicare Part D.


Guests:

  • Stacie Dusetzina, Professor of Health Policy, Vanderbilt University
  • Steven Hadfield, Medicare beneficiary
  • Mark Newsom, Managing Director, Avalere Health
  • Erin Trish, Co-Director, USC Schaeffer Center
  • Cindy Trish, Medicare beneficiary
  • Leslie Walker, Senior Reporter, Tradeoffs


Learn more and read a full transcript on our website.


If you know someone on Medicare, please encourage them to give their coverage a closer look before open enrollment ends on Dec. 7! People can find unbiased enrollment counseling through the federal SHIP program or review their options on Medicare.gov.


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