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Top 5 business deals of 2010 that hit your pocketbook

2. Walmart and Humana

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Mary Lee Reinscheld became the first person in the United States to enroll in Humana's new Medicare prescription-drug plan, co-branded with Walmart, on Nov. 15, 2010 in Louisville, Ky. The plan is the lowest Medicare prescription drug plan in the nation.

Walmart鈥檚 鈥淪ave Money, Live Better鈥 philosophy has struck again, this time by entering into a joint program with Humana Inc. to offer a Medicare Part D prescription drug plan for seniors. The charges a monthly premium of $14.80 to buy the insurance, which makes it the lowest Medicare prescription drug plan in the nation. The plan saves the typical Medicare beneficiary as much as $450 a year on premiums and costs less than half of the typical Part D plan. While the Walmart plan has a $310 annual deductible and does not cover the 鈥渄oughnut hole鈥 coverage gap, it is still a great deal for most consumers.

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