Immediate Effects on Medicare

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Kaiser Health News:

One of the immediate effects of the new health care legislation, as it effects Medicare and reported by Kaiser Health News is as follows:

Discounts and free care in Medicare: The approximately 4 million Medicare beneficiaries who hit the so-called “doughnut hole” in the program’s drug plan will get a $250 rebate this year. Next year, their cost of drugs in the coverage gap will go down by 50 percent. Preventive care, such as some types of cancer screening, will be free of co-payments or deductibles starting in 2010.

Go to Medicare National to get your Medicare Supplement Quote.

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