Medicare Stand-Alone Rx Plans Will Be Available "Everywhere," McClellan Says
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
CMS will set up a Part D bidding system that will get to the highest level of risk that the market will accept, Administrator McClellan says. "Smaller regions" could encourage drug plan sponsors that are unwilling to take on large capacity, he says.
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