Democrats today are highlighting Medicare's "Doughnut Hole" coverage gap, but there's disagreement over just how many people will actually fall into the hole. Helen Palmer reports.
To say that seniors falling into the "doughnut hole" have, reportedly, better coverage than they did before does not justify the hole. It is likely that these people were covered under another program that was taken away because of the so-called great Medicare changes.
Doughnut Hole Day is a great reason to go further with the coverage. Do you have any idea what happens to a person on meds for six months who suddenly has to stop them?
The Democrat's and anyone else with questions needs to sit with these elderly that are having to decide between meds and foods. They are having to decide which pills can they get by with not taking.
In the end this will cost the goverment more due to increased hospitalizations when these folks reach the "Donut hole" and do with out meds, cut back on meds, cut back on nutrition, or just give up!
It may not be just the missed med that will cause the hospitalization, but other problems associated with missing the medication. Increased dizziness and falls is one possibility. This leads to broken hips, surgery, rehabilitation. Then the decreased mobility leads to increased incidence of DVT's, pneumonia, skin breakdown, and urinary tract infection to name a few problems.
In my opinion, it would be lots cheaper to plug this hole before we have to start digging 6 foot holes because of the "Donut Hole"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Doughnut Hole Day is a great reason to go further with the coverage. Do you have any idea what happens to a person on meds for six months who suddenly has to stop them?
In the end this will cost the goverment more due to increased hospitalizations when these folks reach the "Donut hole" and do with out meds, cut back on meds, cut back on nutrition, or just give up!
It may not be just the missed med that will cause the hospitalization, but other problems associated with missing the medication. Increased dizziness and falls is one possibility. This leads to broken hips, surgery, rehabilitation. Then the decreased mobility leads to increased incidence of DVT's, pneumonia, skin breakdown, and urinary tract infection to name a few problems.
In my opinion, it would be lots cheaper to plug this hole before we have to start digging 6 foot holes because of the "Donut Hole"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!