Woerner
06-04-2004, 08:00 AM
Now that the Senate has given the ok, seniors who use up their Medicare benefits will be able to get additional benefits from the state. The program is designed to save money for Rhode Island and its senior residents. RIPAE has become so popular that many seniors decided to make it their primary insurer.
“Roberts explained, Medicare and private insurance would cover prescription medications up to a certain dollar amount and the Rhode Island Prescription Assistance for the Elderly program, or RIPAE, would pick up when that coverage was exhausted.”
"With passage of this legislation," Fogarty said, "we are one step closer to closing a coverage gap that has left some seniors without coverage for drugs they need and resulted in higher costs for the state."
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“Roberts explained, Medicare and private insurance would cover prescription medications up to a certain dollar amount and the Rhode Island Prescription Assistance for the Elderly program, or RIPAE, would pick up when that coverage was exhausted.”
"With passage of this legislation," Fogarty said, "we are one step closer to closing a coverage gap that has left some seniors without coverage for drugs they need and resulted in higher costs for the state."
To read more go to: http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=11854446&BRD=1712&PAG=461&dept_id=478996&rfi=6