updated Fri May 7, 2021
Older adults who depend on the Medicare Part D drug benefit are also the most likely to need life-saving prescriptions that they can’t afford. According to a study by the Kaiser Family Foundation, the average annual out-of-pocket cost in 2019 for patients requiring a specialty medication was more than $8,000. Medicare beneficiaries are the only insured group in the U.S. without a limit, or cap, on what they owe out-of-pocket for their medications.
Read more: https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/552349-medicare-beneficiaries-cant-wait-for-lower-drug-prices