Choose with caution: Drug plans more expensive next year

It was already hard for Shirley Stewart to make ends meet on her fixed income.

Then her Medicare Part D prescription drug plan dealt a surprise blow to her budget this year: big cost-sharing increases for all six of her diabetes medications.

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