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ElderLawAnswers 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...
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Hurricane Katrina Now Affecting Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security Legislation
Senate Majority Leader, Bill Frist (R-Tenn.), says that $10 billion in cuts to Medicaid requested by the Bush admini...
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 moreNursing 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 moreReport Finds Medicare in Far Worse Shape Than Social Security
Social Security's financial outlook worsened slightly last year, but the program's financial difficulties pale...
Read moreGuides Explain Medicare and Medicaid Coverage for the Disabled
The Kaiser Family Foundation has released two new guides that explain the role of Medicare and Medicaid for roughly ...
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 moreProblems Reported with Part D Deductions from Social Security 1099 Forms
The Center for Medicare Advocacy is recommen...
Read moreMedicare Adds New Preventive Care Benefits in 2005
Starting January 1, 2005, Medicare will provide coverage for three new preventive benefits under Part B. The new be...
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