Health Action 2008 Tool Kit: Medicare and Prescription Drugs

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• General

• Medicare Advantage

• Part D and Rx Drugs

General

Medicare at a Glance (Kaiser Family Foundation)

Medicare’s Phony Problem: The 45 Percent Threshold (Families USA)

Medicare Premiums and Out-of-Pocket Cost-Sharing, 2008 (Health Assistance Partnership)

Too Sick to Work, Too Soon for Medicare: The Human Cost of the Two-Year Medicare Waiting Period for Americans with Disabilities (Medicare Rights Center)

Making Medicare Work for Low-Income Beneficiaries: Improving Medicare Savings Programs and the Part D Low-Income Subsidy (Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc.) (No link available)

Strengthening Medicare’s Role in Reducing Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities (National Academy of Social Insurance)

Language Barriers to Health Care Access among Medicare Beneficiaries (The Commonwealth Fund)

Helping You Help Your Constituents: The SHIP Program Offers Free Advice for Medicare Beneficiaries (Health Assistance Partnership)

 

Medicare Advantage

Medicare Advantage (Kaiser Family Foundation)

The Highlights: Medicare Advantage—Private Fee for Service Plans (Health Assistance Partnership)

Whose Advantage? Billions in Windfall Payments Go to Private Medicare Plans (Families USA)

Fact vs. Fiction: Medicare Advantage and Low-income Beneficiaries (AARP) (No link available)

Low-Income and Minority Beneficiaries Do Not Rely Disproportionately on Medicare Advantage Plans (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)

Medicare Advantage: Special Needs Plans: What Congress Needs to Know (Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc.)

The Reluctant Regulator: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Response to Marketing Misconduct by Medicare Advantage Plans (Medicare Rights Center)

MA Disenrollment: What Can a SHIP Counselor Do? (Health Assistance Partnership)

 

Part D and Rx Drugs

The Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Kaiser Family Foundation)

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

Updates for People Eligible for the Part D Low Income Subsidy (Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc.)

Medicare Drug Coverage: Extra Help for Low-Income Beneficiaries (2008) (Health Assistance Partnership)

New Prescription Drug Benefit (Part D) Enrollment Rights for Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries (National Senior Citizens Law Center)

Medicare Part D 2008 Data Spotlight: Premiums (Kaiser Family Foundation)

Medicare Part D Data Spotlight: The Coverage Gap (Kaiser Family Foundation)

Rhetoric versus Reality: Comparing Medicare Part D Prices to VA Prices (Families USA)

Medicare Part D Drug Prices Are Climbing Quickly (Families USA)

The Best Medicine: A Drug Coverage Option under Original Medicare (Medicare Rights Center)

Next Steps: Strategies to Improve the Medicare Part D Low-Income Subsidy (Access to Benefits Coalition and National Council on Aging)

Medicare Drug Coverage: Exceptions and Appeals (Health Assistance Partnership)