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Nursing Home Residents Continue to Have Serious Problems Getting Proper Drugs
Most nursing home residents on Medicaid are likely not being enrolled in the Medicare Part D prescription drug plan ...
Read moreSome Medicare Drug Plan Enrollees Get Deadline Reprieve
Although the window of opportunity to change Medicare drug plans or sign up for a plan ends December 31, some drug p...
Read moreJudge Orders Stop to Medicare Refund Collection Effort
A federal judge has ordered the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to halt efforts to collect refunds ...
Read moreMedicare Officials Suspend Effort to Collect Mistakenly Mailed Refunds
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has stopped efforts to reclaim improperly mailed Medicare refun...
Read moreThe Savage Number: How Much Money Do You Need to Retire?
A prominent personal finance expert helps you find your magic number: how much you need in order to retire.
Read moreElderLawAnswers Adds Medicare Drug Benefit Checklist
Starting October 1, 2005, companies began marketing Medicare drug plans to recipients who wish to sign up for the ne...
Read moreAdvocate Suggests Expanding Medicare to Cover All Hurricane Refugees
Robert M. Hayes, president of the Medicare Rights Center, a national consumer service group, issued a statement call...
Read moreMedicare Part D Plans 2025: Prescription Drug Coverage
The Medicare prescription drug plan (Medicare Part D) allows private health insurers to offer limited insurance coverage of prescription drugs to elderly and disabled Medicare recipients.
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