Medicare Rx Plan Numbers Will Not Match Card Sponsor Totals, CMS’ McClellan Predicts
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Seniors will not be overwhelmed by a high number of plan choices, the agency administrator maintains. CMS has received a large volume of Part D applications, but not all look “complete and serious,” McClellan indicates.
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