Medicare drug costs to fall in 2014, but donut hole widens

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Medicare drug costs to fall in 2014, but donut hole widens

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/medicare-drug-costs-fall-2014-donut-hole-widens-182156149--finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/LmIdrzHMLT.NM9LsmN0QNw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-02-21T200319Z_1_CBRE91K1F0M00_RTROPTP_2_HURRICANES-HOSPITALS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Beds lie empty in emergency room of Tulane University Hospital in New Orleans" align="left" title="Beds lie empty in emergency room of Tulane University Hospital in New Orleans" border="0" /></a>CHICAGO (Reuters) - There will be good and bad news next year for seniors using Medicare's prescription drug program. Overall, enrollees can expect a year of flat or decreasing Medicare prescription drug costs, according to data released last week by the federal government. The government said Medicare's per-beneficiary drug costs fell 4 percent last year. As a result, some of the most important numbers in the program's 2014 Part D will drop by roughly the same amounts. The number that will matter most to seniors is the standard annual plan deductible. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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