ʻO ka papahana lāʻau lapaʻau kaulana a Medicare e lawelawe ana ma mua o 42 miliona mau kānaka a uku no nā ʻoi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi i kēlā me kēia ʻehā mau lāʻau lapaʻau a puni ka ʻāina. E hoʻohana i kēia mea hana e ʻimi a hoʻohālikelike i nā kauka a me nā mea hoʻolako ʻē aʻe ma ka Māhele D o 2016. Nā moʻolelo pili »
I ka makahiki 2011, ua hoʻopuka nā mea lawelawe lapaʻau he 41 ma mua o $5 miliona ma nā palapala lāʻau lapaʻau. I ka makahiki 2014, ua lele kēia helu i 514. Heluhelu hou aku »
ʻO ka ʻikepili palapala i hoʻopuka ʻia e nā pōmaikaʻi lāʻau lapaʻau lāʻau lapaʻau Medicare (i kapa ʻia ʻo Part D) i hōʻuluʻulu ʻia a paʻi ʻia e ka hui federal Medicare a me Medicaid Services, ke keʻena federal ke kuleana no ka papahana. Aia ka ʻikepili o ka makahiki 2016 ma mua o 1.5 biliona palapala kauoha i hoʻopuka ʻia e 1.1 miliona mau kauka, kahu hānai a me nā mea hoʻolako ʻē aʻe. He 460,000 mau mea mālama ola kino i hāʻawi i 50 a ʻoi aʻe paha nā palapala kauoha no ka liʻiliʻi o hoʻokahi lāʻau i kēlā makahiki. ʻOi aku ma mua o ʻekolu hapahā o kēia mau ʻōlelo kuhikuhi i hāʻawi ʻia i nā maʻi 65 makahiki a keu. ʻO ke koena he poʻe maʻi kīnā. ala"
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