Straight Answers on Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage: Century Foundation Releases Analysis of New Prescription Drug Plan for Seniors, Disabled.

Byline: The Century Foundation

NEW YORK, Oct. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Medicare prescription drug benefit, known as Medicare Part D, is scheduled to begin in January 2006; however, many questions remain about how effective it will be in its primary goal - to fill the existing gap in coverage for prescription drugs while keeping the rising costs of Medicare, the federal health insurance program for older and disabled Americans, under control.

The Century Foundation has released "The Medicare Drug Benefit: Straight Answers to the Toughest Questions," a clear and concise guide to key policy questions about how the prescription drug benefit will work. Although…