Nine firms to offer Medicare drug plans nationally

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nine companies have won U.S. government approval to offer Medicare prescription drug benefits to seniors across the nation starting in January, health officials said on Friday.

Several firms and organizations also will offer other options regionally. Residents of states such as Alaska will have at least 11 options, while up to 20 choices may be offered in larger states such as New York, officials said.

The companies that received approval to offer plans nationally were Aetna Inc., Cigna Corp., Memberhealth Inc., PacifiCare Health Systems Inc., Caremark Rx Inc., Wellpoint Inc., UnitedHealth Group and Wellcare Health Plans Inc.

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