4 New Benefits for Medicare Recipients
Retirees are already using new services in large numbers.

Checks help millions pay for drugs
Almost 4 million people in Medicare's Part D program - including 146,617 in Ohio - have received a one-time $250 check from the federal government to help with their drug costs last year. Officials expect there to be a similar...

Bill to let Medicare carry off-label drugs
Washington, D.C. U.S. Rep. Mac Thornberry , R-Texas, and Russ Carnahan, D-Missouri, Friday announced introduction of the bipartisan Part D Off-Label Prescription Parity Act.

Nearly 4 Million Medicare Beneficiaries Receive Help With Prescription Drug Cost Under Affordable Care Act
Through provisions of the Affordable Care Act, nearly 4 million people with Medicare who reached the program's Part D coverage gap in 2010 have received a one-time, tax-free $250 rebate check. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that a similar number of Medicare beneficiaries are likely to enter the coverage gap in 2011 and will benefit from ...