{"id":6748,"date":"2010-06-10T11:54:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-10T15:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/seniors-begin-to-see-benefits-of-health-reform-as-first-step-to-closing-medicare-donut-hole-takes-effect\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:11:17","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:11:17","slug":"seniors-begin-to-see-benefits-of-health-reform-as-first-step-to-closing-medicare-donut-hole-takes-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/seniors-begin-to-see-benefits-of-health-reform-as-first-step-to-closing-medicare-donut-hole-takes-effect\/","title":{"rendered":"Las personas mayores comienzan a ver los beneficios de la reforma de salud como primer paso para cerrar el &quot;per\u00edodo sin cobertura&quot; de Medicare."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Washington DC<\/strong> \u2013 Las personas mayores de todo el pa\u00eds que luchan con el alto costo de los medicamentos recetados comenzar\u00e1n a ver alivio esta semana como resultado de la hist\u00f3rica reforma de salud. Se enviar\u00e1n cheques de reembolso por valor de $250 a las personas mayores que se ven obligadas a pagar el precio completo de sus medicamentos recetados porque caen en el per\u00edodo sin cobertura de la Parte D de Medicare. Los cheques de reembolso son parte de un esfuerzo mayor a trav\u00e9s de la ley de reforma de la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica de 2010 para cerrar gradualmente el \u201cper\u00edodo sin cobertura\u201d de Medicare. El senador de Oreg\u00f3n, Jeff Merkley, emiti\u00f3 la siguiente declaraci\u00f3n:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cHoy marca el comienzo del fin del per\u00edodo sin cobertura de Medicare. Esta falla en nuestro sistema de atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica ha dejado a muchas personas mayores sin poder pagar los medicamentos cr\u00edticos que necesitan, incluso cuando pagan primas todos los meses. A trav\u00e9s de la ley de reforma de la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica de 2010, ahora estamos en el camino para cerrar finalmente el per\u00edodo sin cobertura de Medicare de una vez por todas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA partir de hoy, se enviar\u00e1n por correo cheques de reembolso de medicamentos $250 a miles de personas mayores que caen en el per\u00edodo sin cobertura. Estos ahorros brindar\u00e1n un verdadero alivio a las personas mayores que luchan cada mes para pagar el alto costo de los medicamentos recetados. El a\u00f1o que viene reduciremos a la mitad el costo de los medicamentos de marca en el per\u00edodo sin cobertura y luego cerraremos gradualmente el per\u00edodo sin cobertura por completo\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. &ndash; Seniors across the country who struggle with the high cost of prescription drugs will begin to see relief this week as a result of the landmark health reform law.&nbsp; Rebate checks worth $250 will be mailed to seniors who are forced to pay full price for their prescription drugs because they fall [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[37,57],"class_list":["post-6748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-health-care","tag-seniors"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Seniors Begin to See Benefits of Health Reform as First Step to Closing Medicare \u201cDonut Hole\u201d Takes Effect - Merkley<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/seniors-begin-to-see-benefits-of-health-reform-as-first-step-to-closing-medicare-donut-hole-takes-effect\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Seniors Begin to See Benefits of Health Reform as First Step to Closing Medicare \u201cDonut Hole\u201d Takes Effect - Merkley\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Washington, D.C. &ndash; 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