Medicare Rx Discount Card “Half Way” To Projected Enrollment, CMS Says
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Card program has 3.7 mil. enrollees as of June 30, CMS Administrator McClellan says. Beneficiaries are signing up at a rate of 25,000 per day.
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