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New Fact Sheet on Medicare Part C & D Plan Enrollment Changes for Dual Eligibles
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued new rules limiting enrollment and disenrollment from Medicare Advantage (Part...
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Distraction Alert ~ President’s Drug Proposal is “Much Ado About Nothing”
With the election just days away, the president announced a weak proposal to decrease Medicare drug costs. While he...
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Be Informed with the Medicare Fully Informed Project
Each year during Medicare’s Open Enrollment (Oct 15- Dec 7), beneficiaries are inundated with marketing materials from growing numbers...
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Medicare’s Open Enrollment Starts Oct 15th ~ Check Your Coverage Options & Your Mail
Medicare’s annual fall Open Enrollment is almost here! Running from October 15 – December 7, this is an important...
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Special Election Period Changes for Dual Eligibles & Others with Extra Help, Starting in January 2019
Currently people who have both Medicare and full Medi-Cal coverage and others who have the Extra Help are allowed...
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Tips on How to Afford Your Prescription Drugs
Prescription drugs are not getting cheaper. Yet there are some ways people with Medicare Part D coverage can make...
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Did You Know Pharmacy Benefit Managers Play a Significant Role in Prescription Drug Pricing?
Have you heard of “pharmacy benefit managers”? Most people haven’t — they are companies that are often unnoticed and...
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What Can You Do If You’re Denied Coverage for a Drug? Understanding Medicare Part D Appeals
What can you do if your Part D prescription drug plan will not cover a drug that you need?...
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Report Exposes Major Shortcomings in Medicare Plan Finder
Medicare beneficiaries and those becoming newly eligible for Medicare are repeatedly told to turn to the federal government’s 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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