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Advice for Medicaid Beneficiaries on Making the Leap to the Medicare Drug Plan
This New Year may bring more confusion than joy to the more than six million beneficiaries with both Medicare and Me...
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The 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 moreWorksheet Helps Beneficiaries Compare Medicare Drug Plans
Medicare beneficiaries who wish to enroll in the new Medicare drug benefit can now choose a drug plan. Most benefic...
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 moreWeb Site Helps Medicare Drug Plan Enrollees Save Drug Costs
A new Web site is trying to help seniors with the Medicare prescription drug "doughnut hole." With Medicare Part D, ...
Read moreFive-Star Rating System for Nursing Homes Arrives, for Better or for Worse
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has unveiled a one- to five-star rating system for nursing homes to help consumers select a facility...
Read moreSome Discover That Medicare Advantage Is to Their Disadvantage
When the Affinity salesman came to the door of 70-year-old Marcolina Sanchez's New York City apartment,...
Read moreSeniors Often Must Fight for Medicare Home Health Benefits
Medicare is mandated to cover your home health benefits with no limit on the time you are covered. Unfortunately, few Medicare beneficiaries get the full level of service to which they are entitled. ...
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