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73 Options for Medicare Plan Fuel Chaos, Not Prescriptions

 

By JOHN LELAND

New York Times

When Mildred Fruhling and her husband lost their prescription drug coverage in 2001, they suddenly faced drug bills of $7,000 a year. Mrs. Fruhling, now 76, began scrambling to find discounts on the Internet, by mail order, from Canada and through free samples from her doctors.

"It's the only way I can continue to have some ease in my retirement," she said.

Last week, when the federal government rolled out a new discount drug program, Mrs. Fruhling studied her options with the same thoroughness. What she found, she said, was confusion: 73 competing drug discount cards, each providing different savings on different medications, and all subject to change.

"I personally feel I can do better on my own," she said. But she added, "At this point, I don't think anyone can make an evaluation."

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