{"id":6819,"date":"2010-03-24T09:39:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-24T13:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-urges-support-for-closing-medicare-donut-hole\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:11:22","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:11:22","slug":"merkley-urges-support-for-closing-medicare-donut-hole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-urges-support-for-closing-medicare-donut-hole\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley insta a apoyar el cierre del per\u00edodo sin cobertura de Medicare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><br \/>Washington DC<\/strong> \u2013 El senador de Oreg\u00f3n, Jeff Merkley, pidi\u00f3 a sus colegas en el Senado de Estados Unidos que apoyen la reducci\u00f3n de los costos de los medicamentos recetados para las personas mayores como parte de una votaci\u00f3n a favor o en contra para mejorar el proyecto de ley de reforma de la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica que se convirti\u00f3 en ley a principios de esta semana.<\/p>\n<p>Cuando se apruebe, el proyecto de ley de mejoras de la reforma de la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica cerrar\u00e1 el \u201cper\u00edodo sin cobertura\u201d de Medicare que obliga a las personas mayores a pagar el precio completo de sus medicamentos recetados en la brecha entre el l\u00edmite de cobertura inicial y el umbral de cobertura catastr\u00f3fica. El proyecto de ley proporciona un reembolso de $250 a las personas mayores en el per\u00edodo sin cobertura en 2010, instituye un descuento del 50 por ciento en medicamentos de marca en el per\u00edodo sin cobertura en 2011 y luego cierra gradualmente el per\u00edodo sin cobertura por completo.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&quot;El per\u00edodo sin cobertura de Medicare es una falla en nuestro sistema de atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica que ha estado presionando financieramente a nuestras personas mayores&quot;, dijo Merkley. \u201cEsta semana, tenemos una excelente oportunidad para cerrar el per\u00edodo sin cobertura y reducir los costos para las personas mayores que dependen de medicamentos recetados para mantenerse saludables. Es importante que tengamos una votaci\u00f3n a favor o en contra lo m\u00e1s r\u00e1pido posible para mejorar el proyecto de reforma de la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica y ahorrar dinero para las personas mayores\u201d.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Adem\u00e1s de cerrar el per\u00edodo sin cobertura de Medicare, el proyecto de ley de mejoras har\u00e1 que el seguro m\u00e9dico sea m\u00e1s asequible para las familias de ingresos bajos y moderados y eliminar\u00e1 ofertas especiales que se incluyeron en el proyecto de reforma de atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica, como el \u201cCornhusker Kickback\u201d que habr\u00eda proporcion\u00f3 fondos adicionales de Medicaid a Nebraska.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. &ndash; Oregon&rsquo;s Senator Jeff Merkley called for his colleagues in the U.S. Senate to support lowering prescription drug costs for seniors as part of an up-or-down vote to improve the health care reform bill that became law earlier this week. 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