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Cost-Sharing: Medicare Part D

Cost-Sharing: Medicare Part D. A cancer patient’s perspective: The Chronically Ill Beneficiary Experience. Sarah Barber American Cancer Society. Medicare Part D & Cancer. Substantially all cancer drugs are covered

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Cost-Sharing: Medicare Part D

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  1. Cost-Sharing: Medicare Part D A cancer patient’s perspective: The Chronically Ill Beneficiary Experience Sarah Barber American Cancer Society

  2. Medicare Part D & Cancer • Substantially all cancer drugs are covered • Tiers are not new—but use of tiers in Part D lead to higher cost-sharing, especially for chronically ill • Part D plans are more likely to use co-insurance for their higher tiers • “Specialty” tiers having 25% co-insurance or even higher (up to 33%) • Finding the “right” plan can be difficult • Beneficiary confusion with distinction between Part B & Part D

  3. Impact of 4 and 5 Tier Formularies • Concern with 2007 formulary guidelines that permit PDPs to eliminate the exceptions process for specialty tiers • Many cancer drugs are on these specialty tiers and there are few options for cancer patients – no generic equivalent for newer drugs • Concern that PDPs are using the tier structure to discourage cancer patients from signing up for their plans • Underlying problem is the escalation of health care costs, particularly for drugs

  4. Beneficiary Options • Patient Assistance Programs—some PAPs no longer allow beneficiaries to participate • ACS Part D Primer at www.cancer.org • ACS is conducting research to assess impact of beneficiaries with cancer who have Part D—and impact of the “donut hole” • ACS Call Center calls from cancer patients-monitor Part D issues

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