"Thirty-one U.S. Representatives and a U.S. Senator have written to Medicare raising questions about the impact of so-called 'preferred pharmacy' drug plans, which may actually raise costs to the Medicare Part D program and taxpayers ... Most plans do not allow independently owned pharmacies to participate as a preferred pharmacy in their network. The increasing number of preferred pharmacy plans are especially challenging for seniors in rural areas, where independent or regional pharmacies are often the closest pharmacy and where the nearest preferred pharmacy may be 20 miles or more away."

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