Will Medicare pay for my prescription drugs?

November 14, 2016 | Share:

Medicare Part D is your prescription drug coverage. If you have Medicare, you’re eligible to enroll in Medicare Part D. In 2016, nearly 41 million Medicare beneficiaries are enrolled in Medicare Part D plans.¹

According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, the Medicare drug benefit is especially important to those with modest incomes or very high drug costs, as the benefit helps to reduce out-of-pocket drug spending for enrollees.¹

What does Medicare Part D cover?

There are different Medicare drug plans, and each has its own list of covered drugs, called a formulary. Typically, a drug plan will place drugs into different tiers on their formularies. Drugs in each tier have a different cost. In general, a drug in a lower tier will cost you less than a drug in a higher tier.

Some of the factors that determine your actual drug plan costs include: