Medicare Part D Enrollment Period Runs Through Year End
NOVEMBER 20, 2006 VOLUME 14, NUMBER 21 Medicare Part D (the prescription drug benefit plan begun last year) includes an annual “election period” from November 15 through the end of the calendar year. Seniors—many of whom struggled to understand the program a year ago and waded through reams of information to select the most promising […]
Medicare Changes Will Include Prescription Drug Coverage
DECEMBER 1, 2003 VOLUME 11, NUMBER 22 With the U.S. Senate’s approval of sweeping new Medicare provisions the public discussion has focused on whether the changes will be good for the program, its beneficiaries and the nation as a whole. Much controversy has also centered on the politics of the changes—including whether Republicans or Democrats […]