Medicare Part D helps cover the cost of outpatient prescription drugs for 27
million beneficiaries enrolled in private stand-alone prescription drug plans
(PDPs) and Medicare Advantage prescription drug (MA-PD) plans. The majority of
Part D enrollees pay a monthly premium for Medicare drug coverage. This data
spotlight examines premiums for enrolling in Medicare's PDPs in 2010 and trends
since 2006.
The spotlight is one in a series analyzing key aspects of
the Medicare Part D drug plans that will be available to beneficiaries in 2010.
These spotlights were prepared by a team of researchers at Georgetown
University, NORC and the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Data Spotlight (.pdf)
