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Help is available on Medicare D coverage gap
Martinsville Bulletin - Martinsville,VA,USA  August 31, 2008
This usually means the person has used up their benefit that is the main part of Medicare D. Those people will have to spend several thousand more dollars ...
Letter: Members of Congress vote themselves raises, ignore public ...
TCPalm - West Palm Beach,FL,USA  August 30, 2008
I get my drugs from the Veterans Administration, but my wife has enrolled in a Medicare Part “D” program, which will cost us $140 a year even though we will ...
Medicare Part D: What to know and how to save
Medill Reports - Chicago,IL,USA  August 26, 2008
Since its implementation in 2006, Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage has held the attention of policy makers, doctors, pharmacists and senior ...
Medicare “Doughnut Hole” Leads Some Elderly to Go Without Medication
About.com - Drugs - New York,NY,USA  August 22, 2008
3.4 million Medicare Part D plan enrollees reached a gap in their prescription drug coverage, according to a new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation. ...
Development of shingles can be serious heath problem in seniors
NewsOK.com - Oklahoma City,OK,USA  August 21, 2008
Unlike the influenza vaccine, which is covered under Medicare Part B, this vaccine is covered by Medicare in Part D, the part that covers medicines. ...
3.4 Million Seniors Hit Medicare 'Doughnut Hole'
Forbes - NY,USA  August 20, 2008
21 (HealthDay News) -- In 2007, about 3.4 million Americans enrolled in the Medicare Part D drug plan reached a gap in their prescription coverage known as ...
What to Do About Skyrocketing Drug Co-Payments
CNBC - Englewood Cliffs,USA  August 20, 2008
If you're in an employer-sponsored or Medicare Part D plan with higher co-pays or co-insurance, you may have to pay thousands of dollars a year for ...
Study: Medicare Web Site Hard to Use
WebMD - USA  August 19, 2008
... study's participants had trouble using Medicare's web site to do certain assigned tasks -- such as choosing a prescription drug plan in Medicare Part D ...
Bush's Dirty Little Medicare Secret
The Market Oracle -  August 15, 2008
When Medicare and Medicaid were added, this obligation totaled $43 trillion. Finally, adding Part D Medicare brought the total to $51 trillion. ...
2009 Medicare drug plan premiums announced
Chicago Tribune - United States  August 15, 2008
The annual enrollment period for Medicare Part D begins Nov. 15 and extends through the end of the year. This is the only time of year that seniors can ...
Senior Citizens May Avoid Medicare Marketing Fraud by Knowing the ...
SeniorJournal.com - San Antonio,TX,USA  August 13, 2008
Prescription drug coverage (Part D) is available either through stand-alone drug plans (PDPs) that work with Original Medicare (and a few private health ...
An updated Medicare program could fix our health-care system
Lower Hudson Journal news - West Harrison,NY,USA  August 12, 2008
At this point in time, traditional Medicare includes three parts, A, B and D, each with a different annual deductible, co-payment and monthly premium. ...
Medicare, Who Needs It?
FederalNewsRadio.com - USA  August 11, 2008

Part D (Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage) helps reduce the costs for most prescription drugs. Note that Medicare does not cover routine or yearly ...

Find the Best Rx Price
Augusta Chronicle - Augusta,GA,USA  August 11, 2008
2) For seniors who have Medicare Part D, many are faced with the problem of falling into the “gap or
Cholesterol drugs linked to muscle pain
Seattle Times - United States  August 10, 2008
When people enter the dreaded "doughnut hole" in their Medicare Part D prescription plan, they have to pay 100 percent of the medication costs. ...
Kucinich Introduces Legislation That Seeks To Lower Prescription ...
Kaiser network.org - Washington,DC,USA  August 8, 2008
AHIP spokesperson Robert Zirkelbach said, "The Part D program has proven to help seniors get access to the prescription drugs they need while holding down ...
Medicare Drug Plan: What's Covered, What's Not
TheStreet.com - USA  August 7, 2008
For information on the basics of Medicare Part D, check out the first article in Gavin Magor's series here. Medicare Part D's coverage can get confusing, ...
3 Unusual Strategies for Claiming Social Security Benefits
U.S. News & World Report - Washington,DC,USA   August 6, 2008
Deciding when to sign up for Social Security could be the most important retirement decision you make. Social Security is the largest source of income for ...

Medicare pays more for drugs than Medicaid
American Medical News (subscription) - USA   August 11, 2008
Medicare Part D pays on average 30% more for drugs than Medicaid, which resulted in a "windfall" worth billions for drugmakers in the first two years of the ...

Savvy Senior - Seniors need vaccinations too
Corsicana Daily Sun - Corsicana,TX,USA   August 3, 2008
Medicare pays for this vaccine only if you have a Part D prescription drug plan. If you aren’t covered you can expect to pay between $150 and $250 for the ...
Profiteering hinders worthy federal program
The Tennessean - Nashville,TN,USA   August 3, 2008
The foxes now guard the coop and, no surprise, the costs of Medicare Part D drugs are out of control. The median difference between government-negotiated VA ...
End Widespread Myth Social Security Faltering, but Fix Medicare ...
NewsBlaze - Folsom,CA,USA   August 3, 2008
3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "It's time to end the widespread myth that Social Security is faltering; the real problem is Medicare," say ex-US House ...
Examine Health Insurance Before a Medical Crisis
CancerWise - USA  August 1, 2008
Many people assume Medicare means complete coverage of any treatment at any location. However, Longuet says, this is not always the case. Medicare Part D ...
Report: CMS struggles to resolve serious Medicare Part D complaints
McKnight's Long Term Care News - New York,NY,USA   July 30, 2008
While the number of Medicare Part D program complaints has fallen since the program began, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services still has problems ...
Your Medicare Owner's Manual
Kiplinger.com - Washington,DC,USA   July 30, 2008
Similarly, if you have employer-provided prescription-drug coverage, you can avoid the late-enrollment penalty for the Medicare Part D drug plan. ...
Get ‘Extra Help’ with drug costs
Norwood Bulletin - MA, USA  July 28, 2008
There are state and federal programs that can help pay for Medicare drug costs. You could save as much as $3600 in Medicare Part D drug expenses, ...
Waxman: Part D brought pharmas $3.7 billion "windfall"
Medical Marketing and Media - New York,NY,USA  July 25, 2008
The two-year boost, said the report, was due to the fact that Medicare Part D pays an average 30% more for drugs than does Medicaid. ...
Medicare Advantage has some disadvantages
Phoenixville News - Phoenixville,PA,USA  July 22, 2008
Part D is the prescription drug benefit. Part C is Medicare Advantage. Medicare Advantage Plans, formerly called Medicare Plus plans, are private plans ...
Mary Young,
Reading Eagle - Reading,PA,USA  July 5, 2008
Pete joked that all federal legislators must be orphans because they would never have passed Medicare Part D if they had parents, Coffin said, referring to ...
Private insurance in Medicare costs the government more
Food Consumer - Lisle,IL,USA  June 30, 2008
Medicare covers about 45 million seniors. The payment cuts to doctors are part of a 1997 budget-balancing deal. Democrats said the private insurers are too ...
An Introduction to Preparing for Later Life
Sandusky Register - OH, USA  June 30, 2008
Last, but not least, is Medicare's prescription drug insurance (also called Medicare Part D). This can cost anywhere from $16.60 per month to $98.00 per ...
Medicare isn't a perfect system, but it works
Topeka Capital Journal - Topeka,KS,USA  June 28, 2008
General funds are used mostly for physician services (Part B) and the drug benefit (Part D), which are $210.6 billion and $50 billion respectively. ...
The battle to save Medicare
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA  June 26, 2008
Medicare Advantage and Part D have been so confusing and corrupted by greedy sales practices and deception that even this administration has taken measures ...
You’re a ‘virtual millionaire,’ but so is everyone else
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA  June 26, 2008
Add the value of Medicare benefits, and many Americans are virtual millionaires on the basis of their Social Security and Medicare benefits alone. Simple. ...
Medicare Part D plagues system
Barre Montpelier Times Argus - Barre,VT,USA  June 26, 2008
By Mel Huff Times Argus Staff BARRE – It's no secret that Medicare Part D, the private-sector prescription drug program that was rolled out in 2006, ...
Bush Administration's Planned Medicare Cut Generates Strong ...
Earthtimes (press release) - London,UK  June 25, 2008
... Medicare Part A nursing home funding in 2009, 40 Senators and 108 US House members have joined US Senators Kent Conrad (D-ND) and Norm Coleman (R-MN), ...
Study: Generic Drugs Own Increasing Share of Medicare Part D Market
NJBIZ - New Brunswick,NJ,USA  June 23, 2008
By Evelyn Lee Wolters Kluwer Health today released the results of a study that examines the impact of the Medicare Part D prescription drug program on both ...
Drug plan's appeals process criticized
Austin American-Statesman - Austin,TX,USA  June 21, 2008
Then, the Humana plan that covers her prescription drugs under the 2½-year-old Medicare Part D program refused to cover the pill. ...
All Americans should have Medicare Advantage
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA  June 20, 2008
Part D is the prescription drug benefit, which is sponsored by Medicare, but purchased through private insurance companies. Part C is "Medicare Advantage" ...
Let seniors control Medicare's exploding expenses
DetNews.com - Detroit,MI,USA  June 17, 2008
We'll call it "Medicare Part G." If Congress subsidized the demand for golf, things wouldn't be much different. Sure, there'd be more seniors playing -- but ...
Comfortable retirement a fading dream for many
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA  June 15, 2008
Social Security, private pensions and, beginning in the 1960s, Medicare allowed tens of millions of seniors to live decent lives without punching the clock. ...
Cutting corners on prescriptions to cut costs
Times Herald-Record - Middletown,NY,USA  June 15, 2008
He has been without insulin since November, when his Medicare Part D provider required his doctor to try a number of cheaper medications. ...
Rising Medicare premiums will hit retirees hard
Austin American-Statesman - Austin,TX,USA  June 15, 2008
Just weeks before they retired, they figured they would spend $2314 of their $36600 income on Medicare Part B premiums and $8200 paying the insurance, ...
Republicans Block Medicare Bill In Senate
AHN - USA  June 13, 2008
Lawmakers voted 54-39, or six votes shy of the 60 needed to begin debate on the legislation sponsored by Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT). ...
McCain, Medicare and nerve
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA  May 23, 2008
McCain, who says he also intends, as president, to roll back Medicare spending and privatize Social Security, opposed the Part D benefit in 2003 on the ...
Medicare: Medicare Part D Benefits Draws Mixed Signals
NewsOXY - Orlando,FL,USA  May 22, 2008
The Medicare Part D benefit has resulted in some improvements for seniors but no real revolution in prescription drug adherence. Medicare Part D, which ...
New protections for MA and Part D beneficiaries proposed
CCH - USA  May 20, 2008
Enhanced protections for beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Advantage (MA) health plans and Part D prescription drug plans have been proposed by CMS. ...
CDC gets behind shingles shot
Salt Lake Tribune - United States  May 20, 2008
The vaccine is already covered by Medicare Part D, according to the CDC. Shingles, which usually surfaces as a rash on one side of the face or body, ...
Medicare | Federal Government's Long-Term Liabilities Total $57.3T ...
Kaiser network.org - Washington,DC,USA  May 19, 2008
Total liability in 2007 included $12.8 trillion in Medicare Hospital Insurance, $11.7 trillion for Part B, $5.9 trillion for Part D, $1.128 trillion for ...
Ditch These Medicare-Supplement Plans
Kiplinger.com - Washington,DC,USA  May 19, 2008
However, the premiums are higher than for government-subsidized Medicare Part D or Medicare Advantage, and the coverage isn't as good. ...
Candidate debate simmers on rich's share of Medicare
Palm Beach Post - FL, United States  May 18, 2008
An effort in the Senate last year to enact the proposal by raising Medicare Part D drug premiums for individuals earning at least $80000 and couples earning ...
Americans Who Are Not Taking Advantage Of Lower- Cost Generic ...
Medical News Today (press release) - May 18, 2008
According to a new report released by AARP, manufacturer prices of 185 widely used generic drugs in Medicare Part D decreased by an average of 9.6 percent ...
The Health Care Fiasco
OpEdNews - Newtown,PA,USA   May 17, 2008
Are we a little bit angry because the authors of Part D included a provision making it illegal for Medicare to negotiate lower prices for drugs needed by ...
Apply for Part D extra help at any time
DL-Online - Detroit Lakes,MN,USA  May 11, 2008
Part of Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage (Part D), extra help through Social Security may help pay part of monthly premiums, annual deductibles and ...
Medicare for dummies? Hardly
Mail Tribune - Medford,OR,USA  May 11, 2008
For Part D, the prescription drug plan, you have three months after your birthday to get in the program or you wait till year's end to register, ...
Statement Of President Of The Medicare Rights Center, On Proposed ...
Medical News Today (press release)    May 9, 2008
Part D and the Medicare Advantage program are structurally flawed. Even the Bush Administration, which has so zealously promoted the privatization of ...
Double dose, half cost
Chicago Sun-Times - United States   May 8, 2008
With the couple only having Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage, costs are a heavy burden, he said. That's especially true when the "doughnut hole" ...
Spend less on prescription medicines
MSNBC - USA   May 7, 2008
Retirees, choose your Medicare Part D plan with care. Rather than focusing only on the premium price, consider all out-of-pocket costs that may eventually ...
Medicare woes way past easy patch job
HeraldNet - Everett,WA,USA   May 6, 2008
President Bush recommended, among other things, that wealthier Medicare beneficiaries pay higher monthly premiums for Part D prescription coverage. ...
What is the Impact of Medicare Part D? (Part 2)
HealthandAge.com -  May 6, 2008
In this study, investigators looked at changes in CRN before and after implementation of Medicare Part D. After analyzing data from over 14000 participants, ...
Chelsea makes Clinton White House bid family affair
Reuters - USA   May 3, 2008
"My Mom voted against something called Medicare part D and Medicare part D is the so-called prescription drug benefit program that's attached to Medicare .... And my Mom voted against it because she didn't think it was a real benefits program," she said before explaining Clinton's plans. 
Elderly Still Pay Dearly For Prescriptions
Hartford Courant - United States   May 2, 2008
How well is Medicare Part D working? This prescription-drug plan was supposed to ease the burden for senior citizens who take multiple medications for ...
Part D standards aim to encourage e-prescribing
American Medical News (subscription) - USA   April 28, 2008
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on April 2 released final e-prescribing regulations for Medicare Part D. Under the rules, physicians and ...
President George W. Bush wants to cut Medicare
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA  
The 2003 law created an exclusively private prescription drug program [Part D], dramatically expanded the role of private Medicare plans and authorized ...
The longer we live with the misnamed Medicare Modernization Act of 2003, the more we can understand why it was passed under cover of night by a supine Republican Congress.
Medicare Patients Cut Back on Prescriptions
WebMD - USA   April 22, 2008
The report shows that in 2006, 20% of Medicare Part D beneficiaries -- in fair or poor health -- skipped medications, cut pills in half, ...
Medicare Part D beneficiaries may pay a price for poor knowledge
EurekAlert (press release) - Washington,DC,USA   April 22, 2008
Medicare Beneficiaries have limited knowledge of their Medicare Part D outpatient prescription drug benefits. And those who are unaware of the coverage gap ...
Find Medicare Part D Confusing? You're Not Alone
U.S. News & World Report - Washington,DC,USA   April 22, 2008
As anyone who's ever tried to decipher the Part D Medicare drug benefit knows, user friendly it's not. Seniors typically have dozens of plans to choose from ...
Some benefit, others suffer on Part D
abc7.com - Los Angeles,CA,USA   April 22, 2008
By the time July rolls around, he says he's run out of his Medicare Part D benefits. "At that point, I start really cutting back on my prescriptions. ...
JAMA: Medicare Part D Benefits Fall Short
NewsChannel 9 WSYR - Syracuse,NY,USA   April 22, 2008
Medicare’s prescription drug program known as Medicare Part D went into effect in 2006. It was meant to help increase economic access to prescription drugs ...
Covering the Bases: 3 times to sign up for Medicare
Annapolis Capital - Annapolis,MD,USA   April 20, 2008
You will need to enroll in Medicare Part D in order to have outpatient prescription drug coverage. Medigap plans stopped selling that coverage at the same ...
Medicare Plans Affected by Rising Drug Costs
New York Times - United States   April 19, 2008
Many leading pharmacy benefit managers and drug insurers that oversee employer plans also offer coverage through the Medicare Part D drug insurance program, ...
McCain says he would trim Medicare drug benefit
McKnight's Long Term Care News - New York,NY,USA   April 16, 2008
John McCain (R-AZ), the presumptive Republican nominee for president, said he would call for a partial rollback of the new Medicare Part D drug benefit if ...
Medicare's Bad News
American Enterprise Institute - Washington,DC,USA   April 10, 2008
The Supplementary Medical Insurance (SMI) trust fund accounts for financial transactions under Part B for outpatient services and under Part D for ...
Part D thresholds increase for 2009
Austin American-Statesman - Austin,TX,USA   April 8, 2008
... according to figures released by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The Part D standard benefit deductible will increase from $275 to $295 ...
Medicare pay bill: Raises to replace cuts through 2009
American Medical News (subscription) - USA  April 7, 2008
Medicare spending is still growing faster than the economy, according to the Medicare trustees 2008 report. One of the biggest problems is that Part A ...
Medicare Says New Rule Supports More Generics, Less Drug Danger ...
SeniorJournal.com - San Antonio,TX,USA  April 4, 2008
“Use of these e‑prescribing standards by Part D plan sponsors, providers, and dispensers will directly benefit Medicare eligible individuals,” said Weems. ...
Is Pharma Profiting Too Much From Medicare Part D?
PharmExec.com - USA   March 31, 2008
And health care expert Edward Balotsky, Ph.D., agrees: It's true, he said, and particularly in response to Medicare Part D coverage, ...
Plan may lower medication costs for seniors
Connecticut Post - Bridgeport,CT,USA   March 31, 2008
Lawmakers have been looking over the last year for ways to access more funding under the federal Medicare Part D program and believe they have found it. ...
Covering the Bases: Extra help means extra paperwork
Annapolis Capital - Annapolis,MD,USA   March 30, 2008
By SUSAN KNIGHT I am eligible for extra help to help me pay my Medicare Part D expenses. Every year they send me a form that I have to fill out in order to ...
Study: Part D helping people with diabetes, still large ...
NephrOnline - Scottsdale,AZ,USA   March 29, 2008
Medicare Part D has improved drug coverage and lessened the financial burden for many beneficiaries with type 2 diabetes, says a new study by Avalere Health ...
The Medicare Puzzle Confuses Many Boomers
WIS - Columbia,SC,USA  March 29, 2008
Part D: This the Medicare's prescription drug plan. As with Part C, prescription coverage is provided by private companies. Here, too, coverage is not ...
Americans living longer, enjoying greater health and prosperity ...
EurekAlert (press release) - Washington,DC,USA   March 27, 2008
The implementation of the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefits is included in the Indicators volume for the first time. ...
Your retirement health-care bill: $225000
MSN Money - USA  March 6, 2008
It includes three typical costs: expenses associated with Medicare part B and D premiums (32% of the total); Medicare cost-sharing provisions -- co-payments ...
AARP Report Finds Seniors' Drug Costs Rising
Consumer Affairs - USA  March 6, 2008
Prices of 220 brand name prescription drugs most commonly used by people in Medicare Part D have surged since the drug benefit was implemented in 2006, ...
K Street in Brief 
The Hill - Washington,DC,USA  March 4, 2008
“Seniors will only be protected from the fraudulent marketing practices associated with private Medicare Advantage and Part D drug plans when the billions ...
Health Insurance Mandates: Great for Insurers, And That’s About It
North Star Writers Group - Grand Rapids,MI,USA   March 3, 2008
The nurses’ group advocates Medicare for All, which sounds great except for Part D drug coverage. The law implementing Part D specifically prohibits the ...
Health coverage available for those turning 65
Elmira Star-Gazette - Elmira,NY,USA  March 3, 2008
Medicare Advantage plans can also include a prescription drug benefit called Medicare Part D. Some plans will cover your gym membership and other activities ...
Reforming Medicare
New York Times - United States  March 3, 2008
Most important, tying Part D premiums to income does nothing to address the real problem plaguing Medicare: rising health care costs. ...
Drug benefit snags unwary
Seattle Times - United States   February 18, 2008
The rules have caused grief for unwary older employees, retirees, low-income seniors and the disabled by automatically assigning them to a Part D plan or ...
Bush budget cuts hospital funding but silent on Medicare doctor pay
American Medical News (subscription) - USA   February 18, 2008
HHS' Leavitt justified the cuts to hospitals and others by noting Medicare Part A's deteriorating financial situation. Its trust fund is scheduled to be ...
Bush proposes hiking Medicare drug premiums
The Hill - Washington,DC,USA   February 15, 2008
In 2003, the Bush administration and the GOP-controlled Congress started moving the program in this direction by linking premiums for Medicare Part B ...
Lawmakers Examine Medicare Advantage Plans
AAFP News Now - USA   February 14, 2008
"The private fee-for-service plan was the most rapidly growing part of our Medicare business," said internist Albert Fisk, MD, medical director of the ...
President Bush's Proposed Budget for FY 2009 Slashes $200 Billion From Medicare ...
Atlantic Information Services, Inc. - Washington,DC,USA   February 13, 2008
31 on the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit program's third annual open-enrollment period ended Dec. 31. CMS Acting Administrator Kerry Weems said ...
Medicare trend raises eyebrows
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA   February 12, 2008
Private insurance plans have been a part of it for more than 20 years, with a seesaw history tied to funding changes decreed by successive Congresses and ...
DeLay Rips McCain for Opposing Medicare Drug Plan
CNSNews.com - Alexandria,VA,USA   February 11, 2008
Critics of the Medicare Part D plan, passed by a Republican-controlled Congress in 2003, call it the largest expansion of a federal program since 1965 when ...
Seniors facing skyrocketing drug cost look to Canada
Indianapolis Star - United States February 9, 2008
I'm not trying to sound like a whiner as I think Medicare Part D is a savior for most seniors, but I have some problems with the Part D coverage. ...
Coventry Health Care, Inc. Q4 2007 Earnings UP Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha - New York,NY,USA   February 8, 2008
The impressive results we have seen on the Part D and Medicare Advantage business continue to play out as we had expected. The Medicare business was also ...
The Effect of Medicare Part D on Drug Utilization and Expenditures
Annals of Internal Medicine - USA   February 7, 2008
The summary below is from the full report titled "The Effect of the Medicare Part D Prescription Benefit on Drug Utilization and Expenditures. ...
Medicare Advantage Marketing Abuses Continue, Witnesses Tell Panel
CQPolitics.com - Washington,DC,USA   February 7, 2008
They also are subject to “cross-selling,” a tactic in which “agents use Medicare Part D as a pretext to develop a relationship with a senior and then sell ...
Cigna 4Q profit up on Medicare D growth
BusinessWeek - USA   February 6, 2008
... specialty insurance and Medicare Part D. Net income rose to $263 million, or 93 cents per share, from $232 million, or 76 cents per share, a year ago. ...
The President's Medicare Budget: A First Step Toward Entitlement Reform ...
Hawaii Reporter - Kailua,HI,USA   February 6, 2008
... them to pay higher premiums for Part B services, while also providing generous subsidies for low-income seniors in the Medicare Part D drug program. ...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
IGNN (press release) - IL,USA   February 6, 2008
“The federal Medicare Part D program leaves significant gaps in coverage for our seniors and can force them to pay more for their prescriptions than they ...
Bush's budget would boost military spending, cut Medicare, Medicaid
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA   February 5, 2008
Mr. Bush proposed eliminating all or part of 151 federal programs, some of which provide assistance to state and local governments, saving $18 billion in ..
Is Shingles Vaccine the Answer?
KCRG - Cedar Rapids,IA,USA   January 31, 2008
Patients are usually on Medicare. Some insurance on Medicare Part D covers the vaccine. Others do not. It costs several hundred dollars out of pocket. ...
Bush Budget Coming Monday Cuts Medicare, Medicaid but Not ...
SeniorJournal.com - San Antonio,TX,USA   January 31, 2008
There were pieces of good news, however, including cost projections for the Part D drug program that are 13% lower than last year. Read more. ...
Medicare drug plan just a big headache
HeraldNet - Everett,WA,USA  January 29, 2008
So when the mail brought yet another five-page report from Medicare on how much I saved last year by subscribing to Part D, the prescription drug program, ...
McCain plan to scale back drug benefit gets little attention in Florida
The Hill - Washington,DC,USA   January 26, 2008
A candidate campaigning on scaling back Medicare Part D would be committing “political suicide,” remarked Susan MacManus, a political science professor at ...
Researchers weigh benefits of Medicare Part D for seniors
Chicago Maroon - Chicago,IL,USA    January 25, 2008
By Zachary Binney Is Medicare Part D the prescription for seniors’ drug affordability woes? An analysis by University researchers finds the new prescription ...
Part D Plans Raise Drug Prices
AAFP News Now - USA   January 22, 2008
By James Arvantes • Washington A new analysis of Medicare Part D drug plans by Consumers Union, the publisher of Consumers Report, indicates that many of ...
Is Your Medicare Drug Plan Naughty or Nice?
Galen Institute - Alexandria,VA,USA   January 22, 2008
But during the celebrations, seniors enrolled in Medicare Part D should carve out some time to consider how their current prescription drug plan is working. ...
Medicare advantage open enrollment runs to Mar. 31
Wilmington News Journal, OH - Wilmington,OH,USA   January 20, 2008
You do not need to use an agent to obtain Medicare Advantage or Medicare Part D coverage. For information on coverage, contact the Ohio Senior Health ...
Will aging boomers lose benefits?
USA Today - USA/   January 18, 2008
But a rough consensus among experts is that a projected long-term explosion of health care costs could force sweeping changes in both Medicare and private ...