Millions of Medicare beneficiaries, and the relatives helping them, now face a daunting task—how to pick one private prescription drug plan from a huge range of choices in order to get Medicare drug coverage this year.
Yet there is good reason why people should carefully compare all the plans available to them. It’s because the best savings, like the devil, are in the details. Only by looking at what you would actually pay out of pocket for your drugs for the whole year under each plan can you find the least expensive one that meets your needs.