Medicare choices tricky even for med students, doctors

By Kathryn Doyle NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Even doctors in training have trouble sifting through insurance options to pick the cheapest available plan, a new study shows. “I think it confirms some of the issues that folks may have with choosing complicated insurance plans,” said Jonathan Gruber. An economist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and director of the Health Care Program at the National Bureau of Economic Research, Gruber was not involved in the new report. The study focused on Medicare Part D plans. …