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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
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
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As of 1/14/2006 |
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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 |
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Alabama |
74,807 |
76,867 |
82,098 |
107,684 |
72,991 |
414,447 |
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Alaska |
2,737 |
95 |
11,255 |
9,914 |
17,671 |
41,672 |
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Arizona |
48,595 |
244,249 |
49,528 |
103,576 |
32,770 |
478,718 |
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Arkansas |
62,788 |
3,684 |
60,294 |
49,668 |
69,784 |
246,218 |
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California |
155,394 |
1,222,191 |
875,243 |
424,223 |
310,997 |
2,988,048 |
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Colorado |
30,584 |
129,563 |
37,546 |
72,114 |
68,510 |
338,317 |
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Connecticut |
46,841 |
30,722 |
66,388 |
105,986 |
19,587 |
269,524 |
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Delaware |
25,889 |
424 |
9,432 |
30,110 |
10,916 |
76,771 |
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District Of Columbia |
3,017 |
4,687 |
15,115 |
3,035 |
23,597 |
49,451 |
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Florida |
226,391 |
601,193 |
328,919 |
427,022 |
237,921 |
1,821,446 |
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Georgia |
140,541 |
34,629 |
135,814 |
108,828 |
123,468 |
543,280 |
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Hawaii |
3,082 |
47,087 |
22,740 |
32,824 |
47,748 |
153,481 |
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Idaho |
17,417 |
12,867 |
17,909 |
18,524 |
17,077 |
83,794 |
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Illinois |
251,339 |
66,726 |
248,315 |
318,813 |
66,695 |
951,888 |
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Indiana |
108,309 |
7,179 |
94,379 |
181,559 |
33,649 |
425,075 |
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Iowa |
42,139 |
13,406 |
54,545 |
39,799 |
17,913 |
167,802 |
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Kansas |
42,595 |
13,415 |
38,927 |
27,607 |
35,626 |
158,170 |
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Kentucky |
80,019 |
26,933 |
78,240 |
122,087 |
43,700 |
350,979 |
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Louisiana |
34,972 |
68,151 |
134,174 |
91,909 |
43,921 |
373,127 |
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Maine |
29,582 |
748 |
44,945 |
32,114 |
18,012 |
125,401 |
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Maryland |
80,092 |
27,923 |
56,536 |
119,900 |
130,157 |
414,608 |
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Massachusetts |
71,082 |
109,619 |
183,359 |
179,047 |
40,626 |
583,733 |
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Michigan |
160,824 |
24,844 |
190,062 |
446,984 |
38,489 |
861,203 |
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Minnesota |
46,428 |
84,814 |
58,047 |
73,040 |
24,571 |
286,900 |
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Mississippi |
45,209 |
3,933 |
129,089 |
28,440 |
39,923 |
246,594 |
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Missouri |
74,228 |
114,201 |
137,409 |
115,301 |
58,212 |
499,351 |
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Montana |
10,856 |
1,434 |
14,750 |
12,494 |
13,496 |
53,030 |
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Nebraska |
24,703 |
10,630 |
31,360 |
21,620 |
19,630 |
107,943 |
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Nevada |
15,285 |
84,921 |
17,126 |
38,602 |
31,110 |
187,044 |
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New Hampshire |
18,862 |
1,434 |
18,827 |
31,657 |
13,333 |
84,113 |
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New Jersey |
182,104 |
55,811 |
135,048 |
259,907 |
52,390 |
685,260 |
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New Mexico |
15,092 |
44,542 |
31,385 |
39,975 |
32,979 |
163,973 |
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New York |
110,566 |
300,585 |
494,346 |
498,597 |
90,736 |
1,494,830 |
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North Carolina |
137,210 |
90,342 |
215,945 |
204,717 |
130,624 |
778,838 |
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North Dakota |
8,720 |
751 |
10,413 |
4,595 |
9,748 |
34,227 |
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Ohio |
118,454 |
197,716 |
172,056 |
505,489 |
73,761 |
1,067,476 |
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Oklahoma |
68,110 |
40,146 |
73,297 |
46,110 |
61,165 |
288,828 |
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Oregon |
56,312 |
109,593 |
32,042 |
43,044 |
31,894 |
272,885 |
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Pennsylvania |
133,062 |
478,537 |
146,752 |
287,170 |
95,593 |
1,141,114 |
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Rhode Island |
7,869 |
51,367 |
25,939 |
12,154 |
10,940 |
108,269 |
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South Carolina |
64,759 |
18,074 |
113,045 |
106,393 |
70,649 |
372,920 |
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South Dakota |
12,696 |
1,066 |
11,551 |
5,972 |
10,303 |
41,588 |
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Tennessee |
84,144 |
94,309 |
212,299 |
108,277 |
60,085 |
559,114 |
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Texas |
234,159 |
223,653 |
295,043 |
410,590 |
248,025 |
1,411,470 |
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Utah |
25,339 |
11,814 |
19,987 |
26,883 |
32,140 |
116,163 |
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Vermont |
14,478 |
96 |
15,722 |
13,428 |
5,069 |
48,793 |
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Virginia |
120,518 |
20,824 |
102,290 |
107,022 |
221,530 |
572,184 |
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Washington |
61,233 |
72,341 |
94,042 |
96,132 |
108,435 |
432,183 |
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West Virginia |
41,208 |
4,776 |
40,801 |
82,919 |
14,852 |
184,556 |
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Wisconsin |
60,919 |
44,448 |
108,676 |
132,954 |
26,470 |
373,467 |
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Wyoming |
8,073 |
335 |
5,443 |
6,792 |
7,767 |
28,410 |
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Puerto Rico |
9,873 |
163,219 |
793 |
10,059 |
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183,944 |
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Virgin Islands |
865 |
42 |
12 |
3,030 |
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3,949 |
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Other |
1,461 |
1,920 |
711 |
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0 |
4,092 |
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Total |
3,551,831 |
5,094,876 |
5,600,009 |
6,386,690 |
3,117,255 |
23,750,661 |
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* Medicare Advantage includes 600,000 Medicare-Medicaid beneficiaries. |
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