Medicare Part D: A First Look at Plan Offerings in 2014
Issue Brief
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- Exhibit 1.1: Exhibit 1. Number of Medicare Part D Stand-Alone Prescription Drug Plans, 2006-2014
- Exhibit 1.2: Exhibit 2. Number of Medicare Part D Stand-Alone Prescription Drug Plans, by Region, 2014
- Exhibit 1.3: Exhibit 3. Weighted Average Monthly Premiums for Medicare Part D
- Exhibit 1.4: Exhibit 4. Distribution of Changes in Monthly Premium Amounts for Medicare Part D Stand-Alone Prescription Drug Plan Enrollees
- Exhibit 1.5: Exhibit 5. Premiums in Medicare Part D Stand-Alone Prescription Drug Plans with Highest 2013 Enrollment, 2006-2014
- Exhibit 1.6: Exhibit 6. Change in Weighted Average Premiums for Medicare Part D Stand-Alone Prescription Drug Plans, by Region, 2014
- Exhibit 1.7: Exhibit 7. Share of Medicare Part D Stand-Alone Prescription Drug Plans,
- Exhibit 1.8: Exhibit 8. Share of Medicare Part D Stand-Alone Prescription Drug Plans,
- Exhibit 1.9: Exhibit 9. Share of Medicare Part D Stand-Alone Prescription Drug Plans,
- Exhibit 1.10: Exhibit 10. Number of Medicare Part D Stand-Alone Prescription Drug Plans Available Without a Premium to Low-Income Subsidy Recipients, 2006-2014
- Exhibit 1.11: Exhibit 11. Number of Benchmark Plans, by Region, 2014
- Exhibit 1.12: Exhibit 12. Change in Number of Benchmark Plans, By Region, 2013-2014
- Exhibit 1.13: Exhibit 13. Low-Income Subsidy (LIS) Enrollment by Benchmark Plan Status,
- Exhibit 1.14: Exhibit 14. Number of Benchmark Plans Offered by Four Major Part D Organizations, 2006-2014
Appendix
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- Exhibit 2.1: Table A1: Number of Stand-Alone Prescription Drug Plans by State, 2006-2014
- Exhibit 2.2: Table A2: Monthly Premiums for Stand-Alone Prescription Drug Plans by State, 2014
- Exhibit 2.3: Table A3: Number of Stand-Alone Prescription Drug Plans With No Coverage in the Gap by State, 2006-2014
- Exhibit 2.4: Table A4: Number of Stand-Alone Prescription Drug Plans Below Low-Income Subsidy Benchmark by State, 2006-2014
- Exhibit 2.5: Appendix 2: Medicare Part D Standard Benefit Parameters, 2006-2014
NOTE: Estimates are rounded to nearest whole dollar. 1Amount corresponds to the estimated catastrophic coverage limit for non-Low-Income Subsidy enrollees ($6,455 for LIS enrollees), which corresponds to True Out-of-Pocket (TrOOP) spending of $4,550 (the amount used to determine when an enrollee reaches the catastrophic coverage threshold. 2In 2014, the coverage gap is partially filled by a 50 percent price discount and 2.5 percent plan payment for brand-name drugs and 28 percent plan payment for generic drugs, as required by the Affordable Care Act of 2010.
SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.