Medicare Enrollees Benefiting From Reform Law, CMS Says
Nearly 56% of Medicare beneficiaries -- or about 18.9 million individuals -- received one or more no-cost preventive services this year through the end of August as a benefit of the federal health reform law, according to CMS data released last week. In addition, 1.28 million beneficiaries as of the end of July had received discounts on brand-name medications, which helped them save about $660 million on their prescription drugs.
- "CMS Outlines Usage of Reform Law Benefits" (Zigmond, Modern Healthcare, 9/8).