Medicare Part D

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• Time To Review And Select Your Medicare Plan

  
  HULIQ - Citizen News Review — Authority: 697
  The six week enrollment period for seniors to review and make changes to their Medicare option plan has started. From November 15th through December 31st, seniors may make changes to their Medicare Part D or Advantage plan.
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• Open enrollment for Medicare Part D starts Sunday

  
  Letters to the Editor — Authority: 141
  The time for many senior citizens to make an important choice about their prescription drugs is here. Open enrollment for next year’s Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage begins November 15, 2009 and ends on December 31, 2009.  During this…
  2 days ago

• Forbes: Medicare Part D: A Health Care Success Story

  
  Health Care - From Policy to Practice — Authority: 116
  Mary Grealy writes that among the pitfalls America has seen with Medicare, there may be one beacon of hope with Medicare Part D. Grealy says, the landmark legislation that created Part D was passed by Congress in 2003 with bipartisan support. It was the first major overhaul of Medicare in 35 years, and it offered a ...
  2 days ago

• Reminder: Medicare notice deadline coming soon

  
  HRMorning.com — Authority: 138
  The deadline for providing the Medicare Part D creditable coverage notice is almost here. Any employer who sponsors a health plan with prescription drug coverage must provide the notice by Nov. 15. If you sponsor such a plan, your notice must explain the benefits provided under your prescription drug plan and ...
  5 days ago

• Part D Low Income Subsidy

  
  Elder Care ABC — Authority: 471
  by Mary Jane Stern Medicare Part D offers a L ow I ncome S ubsidy ( LIS ) or extra help to pay for part of the costs associated with the plan.  The Part D costs include your deductible, premium and copayments.  Some beneficiaries may qualify for all or a partial subsidy. Of course this isn’t easy ...
  6 days ago

• Here’s What Health Care Reform Means for Working Families

  
  AFL-CIO NOW BLOG — Authority: 642
    The AFL-CIO is running an ad in support of health care reform in newspapers in the Washington, D.C., area.   Within days, the U.S. House will vote on a historic health care reform bill that will cover everyone, cut costs and protect families from insurance company abuses. The House bill, H.R. ...
  1 week ago

• The Taxes On Obamacare Will Make You Sick

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 502
  Obamacare will work. You will have to stay healthy. With the massive tax increases we will all face, no one will be able to afford to call of from work and lose a day’s pay. Americans for Tax Reform has culled the 1990-page Pelosi health-care overhaul bill to find the taxes that will supposedly collect over $540 ...
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• Too Many Lies about Healthcare Reform and Medicare

  
  Elder Care ABC — Authority: 471
  by Mary Jane Stern Have you been watching all of the statements being made about the changes in Medicare if healthcare reform is passed? Do you believe them? Some of the statements being made are just cruel and inhuman.  It’s like what Sarah Palin, Senator Grassley wrote and said about how President Obama ...
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• Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit plan

  
  Cancer Information — Authority: 99
  Millions of seniors have enrolled in the new Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit plan. However, the task of choosing a plan may seem daunting and can often be confusing for seniors even after they have enrolled.   The decision to participate is important, and careful consideration is vital to ensure a plan ...
  2 weeks ago

• Public Option and Affordability Credits, House-style

  
  odd time signatures — Authority: 421
  The public option contained in the House Bill today is actually not as watered-down as many might think. It’s certainly better than what the Energy and Commerce Committee had in their version, but it’s also not as great as the Medicare +5 option might have been. The Public Option Here are the key points, with ...
  2 weeks ago

• BlueMedicare Regional PPO

  
  Health Insurance Blog — Authority: 424
  Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida (BCBSF) has introduced a new Medicare Advantage plan to its portfolio of health plans for seniors. BlueMedicare Regional PPO joins a senior health insurance portfolio which already included HMO, PPO, Fee-for-service, Medicare Part D, and traditional Medicare Supplement Plans . ...
  3 weeks ago

• They gave us Part D, now protect it from reform

  
  Covering Health — Authority: 433
  ProPublica’s Olga Pierce reports that at least 25 of the folks who helped push through pharma-friendly Medicare Part D six years ago are back as lobbyists,and this time they’re fighting to make sure the plan isn’t reduced by reform-related budget cuts . Photo by sean dreilinger via Flickr. Pierce’s ...
  3 weeks ago

• Medicare Drug Planners Now Lobbyists, With Billions at Stake

  
  On The Hill — Authority: 428
  by Olga Pierce, ProPublica Four years ago, a group of lawmakers and aides crafted Medicare Part D, the prescription drug program for seniors that has produced billions of dollars of profits for pharmaceutical companies. Today, at least 25 of those key players are back, but this time they’re lobbyists, trying to ...
  3 weeks ago

• Why We Need 72 Hours to Read Legislation, and How You Can Help

  
  Big Government — Authority: 811
  Whoever said, “What you don’t know can’t hurt you,” never went to Congress. Sometime this year, perhaps very soon, both chambers in Congress likely will be asked to vote on a monumental healthcare bill — monumental in its scope, its cost, and the actual number of pages in the legislation. And while many ...
  3 weeks ago

• New Site for Medicare Part D Comparisons

  
  Elder Care ABC — Authority: 471
  One very time consuming project during the 2008 open enrollment was finding a new Medicare Part D plan.  I began by using Medicare’s site so I could find all the stand alone plans in my state.  This was good and got all the plans and the premiums.  But, after finding the plans and reviewing the premiums, the next ...
  4 weeks ago

• McCaskill Vs. OReilly on Healthcare

  
  Today With President Barack Obama — Authority: 153
  Sen. Claire McCaskill and Bill OReilly debate the healthcare bill that passed the Senate Finance Committee today.
  4 weeks ago

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