Health Action 2005 Tool Kit: Medicare

(see also Medicaid and Prescription Drugs)

• Medicare at a Glance (Kaiser Family Foundation)
• Medicare Advantage (Kaiser Family Foundation)
• Upcoming Changes to Medicare (Center for Medicare Education)
• Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act Implementation Timeline: June 2004-December 2006 Key Dates (Kaiser Family Foundation) 
• The New Medicare Drug Benefit: How Much Will You Pay? (Families USA)
• The New Medicare Drug Benefit: An Illustration (Families USA)
• Extra Help for Your Drug Costs: Do You Qualify? (Families USA)
• Will You Be Eligible for Low-Income Assistance in 2006? A Decision Tree Chart (Families USA)
• Your Medicare Drug Bill: What It Looks Like in the Future (Families USA)
• Winners and Losers:  Who Gets What under the Medicare Drug Benefit (Families USA)
• Doughnut Holes and Price Controls (Health Affairs)
• Comments on Proposed Regulations (Medicare Consumers Working Group)
• A Detailed Description of CBO's Cost Estimate for the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Congressional Budget Office)
• The Effect of Formularies and Other Cost Management Tools on Access to Medications: An Analysis of the MMA and Proposed Regulations (Kaiser Family Foundation)
• Data Hidden in 2004 Medicare Trustees' Report Shows Huge Harm to Seniors by New Drug Law- Press Release (Families USA)
• Medicare Out-of-pocket Expenses as a Percentage of Illustrative Social Security Benefit (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
• Amending the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003:  Congressional Legislation Introduced in the 108th Congress (Families USA)
• In Brief: The Status of the Medicare Part A and Part B Trust Funds: The Trustees' 2004 Annual Report (AARP Public Policy Institute)
• Redefining Medicare's Long-Term Financial Health: A Closer Look at the "Medicare Funding Warning" in the Trustees' Report (AARP Public Policy Institute)

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