Only 13% of Medicare Part D Enrollments Represent Previously UninsuredPeople with Medicare

March 6, 2006 Only 13% of Medicare Part D Enrollments Represent Previously Uninsured People with Medicare  Of the 24 million enrolled Medicare Part D subscribers reported by the Federal government, only 13%, 3.2 million, previously had no prescription plan coverage. Government enrollment data does not reflect that some enrollees had some prescription coverage because they were dually Medicare and Medicaid eligible, or were enrolled in a Medicare private health plan that provided some drug coverage.  On February 15, 2006 the Medicare Rights Center released a brief of Medicare Part D subscriptions entitled "Medicare Part D Enrollment Numbers." The study . . .