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Copayment Assistance Programs: The Landscape Today and After Part D

Oncologists and their patients are facing a number of significant changes in health insurance coverage and in private financial assistance programs, primarily resulting from the implementation of the Medicare Part D prescription drug program. The Part D benefit has been described as the most substantial change in Medicare since the program began 40 years ago. By providing coverage for oral drugs, the benefit may provide important new coverage for cancer patients who are increasingly utilizing oral cancer therapies and continue to benefit from supportive care drugs that are generally oral medications. However, decisions about enrollment in Part D are highly . . . [Click for More]