Tuesday, September 28, 2004

Guidelines Raise Questions About Drug Availability
Page at the NAMI web site - "The New York Times reports that changes to Medicare have set off a battle over which medications will be available to Medicare recipients. The new law requires Medicare benefits to be administered by private health plans but does not specify which drugs will be covered, leaving each plan to draw up its own list of approved medications, known as formularies. Consequently, Medicare consumers find themselves caught between the drug companies, who want as many drugs as possible included on the formularies, and the health insurers, who want to limit the formularies to contain costs..." The page includes links to the Times story and other related NAMI resources.