Health Action 2007 Tool Kit: Medicare and Prescription Drugs

• General

• Part D

• Low-Income Issues 

General

Medicare at a Glance (Kaiser Family Foundation)

Medicare: A Policy Primer (Urban Institute)

Medicare Advantage Plans (Kaiser Family Foundation)

Medicare Privatization: Windfall for the Special Interests (Families USA)

State Health Insurance Assistance Programs: A Critical Resource for Medicare Beneficiaries (Health Assistance Partnership)

Protecting Americans with Disabilities (Medicare Rights Center)

Medicare: Improving Health for a Growing Minority Population (Families USA)

Improving Medicare’s Data on Race and Ethnicity (National Academy of Social Insurance)

Part D

The Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Kaiser Family Foundation)

Medicare Part D Plan Characteristics, 2007 (Kaiser Family Foundation)

Coverage through the “Doughnut Hole” Grows Scarcer in 2007 (Families USA)

Big Dollars, Little Sense: Rising Medicare Prescription Drug Prices (Families USA)

State Pharmaceutical Assistance Programs in 2006: Helping to Make Medicare Part D Easier and More Affordable (National Conference of State Legislatures)

Medicare Drug Plan Formularies (Health Assistance Partnership)

Medicare Part D: Myths and Misinformation for 2007 (Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc.)

Picking a Part D Plan: Déjà Vu All Over Again? (Families USA)

Navigating the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Coverage Program (United Cerebral Palsy and PhRMA)

Medicare Part D Materials for Advocates: Exceptions and Appeals: A Practical Guide (National Senior Citizens Law Center)

Enrollment in Medicare Drug Coverage (Health Assistance Partnership)

Medicare Drug Coverage: Beneficiary Cost-Sharing, 2007 (Health Assistance Partnership)

African Americans and Medicare Part D: Knowledge, Understanding, and Enrollment (The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies)

What Is True Out-Of-Pocket Cost (TrOOP)? (Health Assistance Partnership)

Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs (Consumers Union)

Low-Income Issues

Low-Income Assistance under the Medicare Drug Benefit (Kaiser Family Foundation)

Pathways to Success: Meeting the Challenge of Enrolling Medicare Beneficiaries with Limited Incomes (Access to Benefits Coalition)

Medicare Part D: Extra Help for Low-Income Beneficiaries (2007) (Health Assistance Partnership)

Low-Income Subsidy: Here This Year, Gone Next Year? (Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc.)

A Closer Look at the Medicare Part D Low-Income Benchmark: How Low Can It Go? (National Health Policy Forum)

Part D Problems for Low-Income People (Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc.)

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