Fact Sheets Jan 19, 2006

MEDICARE RELEASES STATE-BY-STATE PRESCRIPTION DRUG ENROLLMENT FIGURES

MEDICARE RELEASES STATE-BY-STATE PRESCRIPTION DRUG ENROLLMENT FIGURES
NEARLY 24 MILLION MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES NOW HAVE COVERAGE

Medicare today released state-by-state data reflecting enrollment in the Medicare prescription drug benefit that began on January 1.    Pharmacists around the country are filling a million prescriptions a day and many seniors are reporting that they are already saving money from the benefit.

In total, more than 24 million people with Medicare across the U.S.  now have prescription drug coverage through Medicare Advantage plans, new stand alone prescription drug plans and employer and union plans.  More than 2.6 million people signed up for the new stand-alone prescription drug plans in the last 30 days, on top of the 1 million who enrolled in these plans  in the first 30 days of the program.  

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services saw a surge in enrollment in Medicare drug plans at the end of December and the number of people enrolling continues to climb.   Since November, 1.6 million have signed up on-line, and the on-line enrollment center at www.medicare.gov has been processing an average of more than 20,000 enrollments a day as of the week ending January 13.

The national drug benefit enrollment figures as of Jan. 13 are:

  • Stand-alone Prescription Drug Plans: about 3.6 million (2.6 million since Dec. 13)
  • Medicare/Medicaid: 6.2 million, including 600,000 in Medicare Advantage plans.
  • Medicare Advantage: 4.5 million plus the 600,000 Medicare/Medicaid beneficiaries.
  • Retiree coverage: About 6.4 million retirees are enrolled in the Medicare retiree subsidy.   Also, as stated last month, about 1 million retirees are in employer coverage that incorporates or supplements Medicare’s coverage. Another estimated 500,000 retirees are continuing in coverage that is as good as Medicare’s.
  • TRICARE/ FEHB retirees: 3.1 million.

State by state figures follow below.   Note that in this table, the 600,000 Medicare/Medicaid beneficiaries are included in the Medicare Advantage column and not the Medicare/Medicaid column, as above.
 

State Enrollment in Medicare Prescription Drug Plans Nov. 15, 2005 – Jan. 13, 2006

As of 1/14/2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

State

Stand-Alone Prescription Drug Plan

Medicare Advantage with Prescription Drugs*

Medicare-Medicaid (Automatically Enrolled)

Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy

Estimated Federal Retirees (Tricare, FEHB)

Total With Drug Coverage

 
 

Alabama

74,807

76,867

82,098

107,684

72,991

414,447

 

Alaska

2,737

95

11,255

9,914

17,671

41,672

 

Arizona

48,595

244,249

49,528

103,576

32,770

478,718

 

Arkansas

62,788

3,684

60,294

49,668

69,784

246,218

 

California

155,394

1,222,191

875,243

424,223

310,997

2,988,048

 

Colorado

30,584

129,563

37,546

72,114

68,510

338,317

 

Connecticut

46,841

30,722

66,388

105,986

19,587

269,524

 

Delaware

25,889

424

9,432

30,110

10,916

76,771

 

District Of Columbia

3,017

4,687

15,115

3,035

23,597

49,451

 

Florida

226,391

601,193

328,919

427,022

237,921

1,821,446

 

Georgia

140,541

34,629

135,814

108,828

123,468

543,280

 

Hawaii

3,082

47,087

22,740

32,824

47,748

153,481

 

Idaho

17,417

12,867

17,909

18,524

17,077

83,794

 

Illinois

251,339

66,726

248,315

318,813

66,695

951,888

 

Indiana

108,309

7,179

94,379

181,559

33,649

425,075

 

Iowa

42,139

13,406

54,545

39,799

17,913

167,802

 

Kansas

42,595

13,415

38,927

27,607

35,626

158,170

 

Kentucky

80,019

26,933

78,240

122,087

43,700

350,979

 

Louisiana

34,972

68,151

134,174

91,909

43,921

373,127

 

Maine

29,582

748

44,945

32,114

18,012

125,401

 

Maryland

80,092

27,923

56,536

119,900

130,157

414,608

 

Massachusetts

71,082

109,619

183,359

179,047

40,626

583,733

 

Michigan

160,824

24,844

190,062

446,984

38,489

861,203

 

Minnesota

46,428

84,814

58,047

73,040

24,571

286,900

 

Mississippi

45,209

3,933

129,089

28,440

39,923

246,594

 

Missouri

74,228

114,201

137,409

115,301

58,212

499,351

 

Montana

10,856

1,434

14,750

12,494

13,496

53,030

 

Nebraska

24,703

10,630

31,360

21,620

19,630

107,943

 

Nevada

15,285

84,921

17,126

38,602

31,110

187,044

 

New Hampshire

18,862

1,434

18,827

31,657

13,333

84,113

 

New Jersey

182,104

55,811

135,048

259,907

52,390

685,260

 

New Mexico

15,092

44,542

31,385

39,975

32,979

163,973

 

New York

110,566

300,585

494,346

498,597

90,736

1,494,830

 

North Carolina

137,210

90,342

215,945

204,717

130,624

778,838

 

North Dakota

8,720

751

10,413

4,595

9,748

34,227

 

Ohio

118,454

197,716

172,056

505,489

73,761

1,067,476

 

Oklahoma

68,110

40,146

73,297

46,110

61,165

288,828

 

Oregon

56,312

109,593

32,042

43,044

31,894

272,885

 

Pennsylvania

133,062

478,537

146,752

287,170

95,593

1,141,114

 

Rhode Island

7,869

51,367

25,939

12,154

10,940

108,269

 

South Carolina

64,759

18,074

113,045

106,393

70,649

372,920

 

South Dakota

12,696

1,066

11,551

5,972

10,303

41,588

 

Tennessee

84,144

94,309

212,299

108,277

60,085

559,114

 

Texas

234,159

223,653

295,043

410,590

248,025

1,411,470

 

Utah

25,339

11,814

19,987

26,883

32,140

116,163

 

Vermont

14,478

96

15,722

13,428

5,069

48,793

 

Virginia

120,518

20,824

102,290

107,022

221,530

572,184

 

Washington

61,233

72,341

94,042

96,132

108,435

432,183

 

West Virginia

41,208

4,776

40,801

82,919

14,852

184,556

 

Wisconsin

60,919

44,448

108,676

132,954

26,470

373,467

 

Wyoming

8,073

335

5,443

6,792

7,767

28,410

 

Puerto Rico

9,873

163,219

793

10,059

 

183,944

 

Virgin Islands

865

42

12

3,030

 

3,949

 

Other

1,461

1,920

711

0

0

4,092

 

Total

3,551,831

5,094,876

5,600,009

6,386,690

3,117,255

23,750,661

 

* Medicare Advantage includes 600,000 Medicare-Medicaid beneficiaries.

 

 

 

 

 

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