[Verified Answer]: stion 3 yet vered Mrs

stion 3 yet vered Mrs. Strickland is a new Medicare beneficiary who has just retired from retail work. She is interested in selecting a Medicare Part D prescription drug plan. She takes several medications and is concerned that she has not been able to identify a plan that covers all of her medications. She does not want to make an abrupt change to new drugs that would be covered and asks what she should do. What should you tell her? a. The Medicare Part D drug plan is required to offer her coverage of the same drugs that she is currently stabilized on, so she does not need to be concerned about transitioning to any new medications. b. There is no possibility of obtaining coverage for her existing medications once coverage under the Medicare Part D plan begins. She will need to have her physician help her select new drugs that are covered. c. She should use an existing prescription drug coverage to get as large a supply of her existing drugs as possible, and then personally pick new drugs that are covered under her Medicare plan’s formulary. d. Every Part D drug plan is required to cover a single one-month fill of her existing medications sometime during a 90 -day transition period.