
Medicare Part F
The Biden administration’s announcement of ten high-cost Medicare drugs slated for price negotiations reminded me that the program’s part D drug benefit should be termed “Medicare F” for the way it fails seniors like my patient Bill.
Daniel Stone is Regional Medical Director of Cedars-Sinai Valley Network and a practicing internist and geriatrician with Cedars Sinai Medical Group.

The Biden administration’s announcement of ten high-cost Medicare drugs slated for price negotiations reminded me that the program’s part D drug benefit should be termed “Medicare F” for the way it fails seniors like my patient Bill.


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