Chicago Tribune | State will fill senior drug gap: "State will fill senior drug gap
Medicare woes leave some poor without needed prescriptions
By Judith Graham
Tribune staff reporter
Published January 12, 2006
Illinois will pay for medications for impoverished seniors and disabled consumers who are having problems getting prescriptions filled under Medicare's vast new drug program, officials announced Wednesday.
The state's plan goes into effect immediately and will last until Medicare and private drug plans fix systems that aren't working properly, said Anne Marie Murphy, chief of Illinois' Medicaid program.
'The governor wants to make sure that [poor seniors] aren't turned away from the pharmacy without their drugs,' Murphy said. Pharmacies can now fill prescriptions for these consumers with the assurance that they'll be paid, she added."
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