Implementation of the Medicare Prescription Drug Program: Issues & Answers

A great deal has happened since the start of the Medicare Part D programs, resulting in a whole host of new issues and questions that we will address and answer on an ongoing basis. We also encourage you to submit questions so that we can address concerns and issues in the pages of the Journal for everyone’s benefit.

On January 1, the Medicare prescription drug plan began. Soon after, difficulties were exposed with the program in two major areas: enrollment and accessing medications. People seemed surprised that these difficulties grew rather than lessened over the first few weeks...