With Medicare beneficiaries signing up for prescription drug coverage at a rate of 380,000 per week, it doesn’t appear HHS will have trouble achieving its goal of enrolling 28 million to 30 million in the first year, according to an HHS announcement. In the past month alone, enrollment increased by 25%, and HHS is encouraging more seniors to sign up before the May 15 deadline.
The state with the highest proportion of seniors voluntarily enrolling in Medicare Part D is Delaware, with two-thirds of eligible Medicare beneficiaries signed up, reports the Wilmington News Journal. The state with the lowest proportion of enrollment is Hawaii, with only 9% of seniors participating.
