Last call for Medicare prescription-drug coverage
As confusing as it may be to select the right plan, seniors need to make a choice now.
Less than three weeks remains for most Medicare beneficiaries to sign up for prescription-drug coverage without penalty, but nearly half the nation’s seniors apparently don’t know it.
Despite a nationwide campaign by government and private organizations, only 55% of seniors realize the deadline is May 15, according to a poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation, an independent health care research group. Only 53% know enrolling after the deadline will cost 1% more per month.
April 26th, 2006 at 9:06 am
What’s the reason for having a deadline? After some point it’s all of a sudden going to cost companies more for a new signee? That doesn’t make any sense! Is this another one of those “sticking it to the folks” deals W’s administration is famous for?