Private Medicare plans get new rules

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration Monday placed new curbs on private insurance plans that are popular with seniors in Medicare but have been criticized for marketing abuses and for high costs to the government.
Medicare officials said the changes include winnowing the number of versions of a plan that insurers can offer, protecting patients with chronic diseases from excessive co-payments, and banning a practice by some plans that can add even more to the costs of brand-name drugs.


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