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Philadelphia Area's Big Insurers to Cut Medicare Managed-Care Premiums.

By Karl Stark, The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Feb. 4--The region's major insurers say they are poised to cut premiums for Medicare managed-care plans for 180,000 seniors in the Philadelphia region starting March 1.

Executives for Aetna and Independence Blue Cross say that the reductions will be seen most dramatically in the suburbs and that Medicare members throughout the region will see reduced co-pays and, in some cases, additional drug benefits.

The cuts are possible because of the new Medicare prescription-d

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