Take a few days off, and news just keeps on piling up. In the next few posts, I am going to try to pass along some of the more interesting events, articles, court decisions and stories that crossed my desk over the past several days, starting with this one, a story out of the New
Medicare
Part D, Medicare and Economic Distortions
By Stephen Rosenberg on
The New York Times provides an excellent report today on the impact of Medicare Part D and the unintended – maybe(?) – result of moving millions of lower income patients from Medicaid to Medicare. The article points out that drug company profits will increase significantly because the patients are moved from Medicaid, which has certain…