Rising Costs, Fewer Choices: What’s Up with Medicare Drug Plans?
NOV 13, 202526 MIN
Rising Costs, Fewer Choices: What’s Up with Medicare Drug Plans?
NOV 13, 202526 MIN
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<p>Facing mounting financial pressures, insurance companies are changing the prescription drug coverage available to many consumers in Medicare Part D.</p><br><p>Guests:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.vumc.org/health-policy/person/stacie-b-dusetzina-phd" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Stacie Dusetzina</a>, Professor of Health Policy, Vanderbilt University</li><li><a href="https://uspainfoundation.org/diabetes-edition/diabetes-edition-participants/steven-hadfield/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Steven Hadfield</a>, Medicare beneficiary</li><li><a href="https://advisory.avalerehealth.com/team/mark-newsom" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mark Newsom</a>, Managing Director, Avalere Health</li><li><a href="https://schaeffer.usc.edu/people/erin-trish-ph-d/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Erin Trish</a>, Co-Director, USC Schaeffer Center</li><li><a href="https://www.hamv.org/staff-contributors" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cindy Trish</a>, Medicare beneficiary</li><li><a href="http://google.com/search?q=leslie+walker+tradeoffs&oq=leslie+walker+tradeoffs&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqBwgAEAAYgAQyBwgAEAAYgAQyCAgBEAAYFhgeMggIAhAAGBYYHjIICAMQABgWGB4yCAgEEAAYFhgeMgYIBRBFGD0yBggGEEUYPDIGCAcQRRg80gEIMTYzMWowajSoAgCwAgA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Leslie Walker</a>, Senior Reporter, Tradeoffs</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Learn more and read a full transcript on <a href="https://tradeoffs.org/2025/11/13/rising-costs-fewer-choices-whats-up-with-medicare-drug-plans" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">our website</a>. </p><br><p>If you know someone on Medicare, please encourage them to give their coverage a closer look before open enrollment ends on Dec. 7! People can find unbiased enrollment counseling through the federal <a href="https://shiphelp.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">SHIP program</a> or review their options on <a href="https://www.medicare.gov/plan-compare" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Medicare.gov</a>.</p><br><p>Want more Tradeoffs? Sign up for our free <a href="https://tradeoffs.us3.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=6ab1fc39a0b1b15521551487c&id=89c5edcb93&utm_source=twitter-newsletter-signup&utm_medium=twitter" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">weekly newsletter</a> featuring the latest health policy research and news.</p><br><p>Support this type of journalism today, <a href="https://tradeoffs.org/donate" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">with a gift</a>.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
