Retiree Drug Coverage Is Stable Heading Into Medicare Rx, Caremark Says
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Employers have approached Caremark for help in sorting out what the Medicare drug benefit means, but have shown no indication that they will drop retiree coverage, the PBM says. Caremark predicts it will not participate as a stand-alone plan in the benefit, but it is willing to support health plans with administering the pharmacy benefit.
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