Poor patients' co-pays to surge
13th Nov 2006, 15:22 GMT
New rules over the 'medically needy' will take away discounts for some on Jan. 1. Because of tangled government-eligibility rules, as many as 37,000 Floridians with chronic and costly illnesses are at risk of losing low-cost Medicare and Medicaid prescription coverage. As a result, they will face sharply higher medical bills.
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