What is the main problem with Medicare Part D?
a. The plan allows elderly persons to purchase medications from certain mail-order companies.
b. The plan covers generic, not brand-name, drugs.
c. Medicare recipients are confused by what the plan will or will not cover.
d. There is a coverage gap in which recipients have to pay full cost of drugs.
ANS: D
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