Examples

How Will the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Help You?

The stories below show what it would be like to have a Medicare health plan in 2008 for several typical individuals. These are examples only. Actual plans and their costs will vary depending on where you live.

	Juan, age 68, has drug costs of $120 each month ($1,440 for the year).
	Clara, age 68, has prescription drug costs of $250 per month ($3,000 for the year).
	Josephine, age 82, lives with her daughter and has multiple medical problems.