More people using free preventive benefits provided by Affordable Care Act

October 6, 2011

  http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2011pres/10/20111006b.html

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reported that nearly 20.5 million people with Medicare reviewed their health status at a free Annual Wellness Visit or received other preventive services with no deductible or cost sharing this year. In addition, nearly 1.8 million people with Medicare have received discounts on brand-name drugs in the Medicare Part D coverage gap, also known as the "donut hole," between January and August of this year. The total value of discounts to people with Medicare in the donut hole is nearly $1 billion through August of this year, with an average savings of $530 per beneficiary.