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RedditPLAN D--D FOR DISGUSTED
Douglaston, NY
I note another dimension of the new Medicare "benefit" that Trudy Lieberman has analyzed so well in "Part D From Outer Space" [Jan. 30]. My wife and I belong to a large HMO/Preferred Provider Medicare plan, which includes prescription drug coverage. We were required to join Part D of Medicare and were automatically enrolled by the HMO. Our co-payments have increased sharply, and drug co-pays of $10 before December 31 are now $200-$300. Curious how hefty subsidies on one end precipitate large price rises on the other.
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