Medicare's first prescription drug benefit, created late last year for 40 million people, will make it optional--but not mandatory--for seniors to order drugs through the mail.
Today a stockbroker or insurance agent can use almost any title they want, or order one through the mail without incurring a fiduciary obligation to their clients or sanction by their regulator.
Patients who are enrolled in the Avandia-Rosiglitazone Medicines Access Program will receive their medicine by mailorderthrough specially certified pharmacies participating in the program.