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Problems Reported with Part D Deductions from Social Security 1099 Forms
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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 moreInternet-Savvy Elderly Stymied By Medicare's Drug Plan Web Site
Nearly two-thirds of Medicare beneficiaries who use the Internet report that Medicare's Web site is difficult or imp...
Read moreAdvice 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...
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 moreNew Medicare Drug Benefit Will Help Some More Than Others
A new report on the effects of the upcoming Medicare drug benefit predicts that the low-income Medicare population w...
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