Hiltzik: Trump administration finds a new way to screw Medicare members, hiking their drug bills
The administration claims Medicare drug premiums have 'stabilized,' so it's going to let health insurers raise the premiums that enrollees p
The administration claims Medicare drug premiums have 'stabilized,' so it's going to let health insurers raise the premiums that enrollees pay.
Original reporting: LA Times, Business.
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