Medco Will Work With CMS On Medicare Rules: Backpedaling From "Fallback"?
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Medco has been asked by CMS to offer constructive ideas to help make private drug insurance work, and company says it intends to do that in commenting on Part D regulations. However, CEO suggests Medco remains most interested in working under Medicare Advantage and through "fallback" plan.
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