Medicare Part D Update: Premium Hikes and Drug Plan Changes Mean Seniors Should Consider Options for 2009 In January 2009, Medicare Part D premiums will increase by the largest amount since the program was implemented, according to data from the Medicare Trustees and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). …
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Premium Hikes and Drug Plan Changes Mean Seniors Should Consider Options for 2009
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Frequently Asked Questions on the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Part D)
http://lexsophia.com/health/?p=166Under the current Part D program, however, seniors are given only six weeks each year to make difficult decisions about their prescription drug coverage, and they are then locked into the plans they select for an entire year. This year’s Annual Coordinated Election Period (ACEP) begins on November 15, 2008 and lasts until December 31, 2008 . …
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Medicare Advantage Commissions
http://lexsophia.com/health/?p=165Asclepios Your Weekly Medicare Consumer Advocacy Update Medicare Advantage Commissions October 23, 2008 • Volume 8, Issue 43 Recent reports indicate that some of the major national Medicare private health plans are going to pay independent agents $500-plus per year over five years—$2,500 in total—for every new enrollee in their “Medicare Advantage” plans. …
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