By Ashley FreddeKey Takeways: A Medicare program that helped keep Part D prescription drug premiums stable will end after 2026, a year earlier than planned. The Trump administration said the change will save the Medicare program nearly $4 billion. Why the program existedThe Inflation Reduction Act made several changes to Medicare’s prescription drug program. As of February, about 31 million Medicare beneficiaries received prescription drug coverage through Medicare Advantage plans. “But if you’re in a Medicare Advantage plan, you’re going to pay $325 a day.”