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Good News for Seniors! Medicare Counseling Program Funded for FY 2018
Good news! Our national SHIP program is saved! The Medicare State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP – known as...
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New Medicare Cards Are Coming Starting in April!
Have you heard about your new Medicare card coming this spring? Medicare will start mailing these new cards beginning...
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What Does Medicare Assistance Mean to You? Contact Congress Today!
Last year, Frank Mirabella underwent sinus surgery that racked up a hospital bill of almost $23,000. He expected Medicare...
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How Does the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 Affect Medicare?
In early February, Congress passed the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 which includes several changes to the Medicare program...
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Do You Know What Preventive Care Medicare Covers?
Did you know that Medicare covers the entire cost of some preventive services? Preventive care is the care you...
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Pass the BENES Act to Simplify Medicare Enrollment
Last week U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, pushed for passage...
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Weigh In Today & Tell HHS to Strengthen & Protect Medicare
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human...
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Just a Few Days Left! Medicare’s Open Enrollment Ends Dec 7
Procrastination is a common human trait, and if that’s one you or someone you know has applied to the...
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Medicare’s Open Enrollment Period Begins on Oct 15!
Medicare’s Open Enrollment Period offers an important opportunity each year to review and make changes to your coverage. It...
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Senate Introduces Medicare for All Act of 2017
This week, Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) introduced legislation to create a federally administered Medicare-for-all national health insurance program (see S. 1804)....
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