Long lines at the pharmacy's prescription pickup station could be cut much shorter if consumers decide to do more research before choosing a Medicare plan. And plans that include too many obstacles to prescription refills may find themselves short of customers.
HealthPocket, a company that provides health plan comparisons to consumers, looked into prescription drug formularies available to Medicare clients through Medicare's basic and Advantage plans.
What they found was an array of formularies, many of which erected barriers to the drug refill process.
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Dan Cook
Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.
