Health Highlights: May 24, 2012

<p>Here are some of a latest health and medical news developments,
compiled by a editors of HealthDay:
New Health Care Law Saves Patients Billions in
Drug Costs, Medicare Says
In a initial 4 months of this year, some-more than 416,000 Americans with
Medicare saved an normal of $724 per authority on medication drug costs
after they strike a drug advantage coverage opening (donut hole), for a total
savings of $301 million, according to information expelled Thursday by the
federal Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services.
Under a Affordable Care Act, some-more than 5 million seniors and
people with disabilities in Medicare saved a sum of $3.5 billion on
prescription drugs after they strike a donut hole between Mar 2010 and
April 2012.
In addition, some-more than 12 million people in traditional Medicare
received during slightest one giveaway surety use during no cost to them in the
first 4 months of this year. That enclosed 856,000 who took advantage
of a Annual Wellness Visit suppos...