A letter of health denial
EVER AN unwelcome guest: the pharmacy review letter. This one said that the patient, whose name and birth date headed the page, would no longer be covered for name-brand medication he had taken for years. He had a new Medicare Part D insurer, whose formulary carried only generic.

Flushing House seminars focus on Medicare changes
Flushing House will hold three Elder Law Seminars for Spring 2011. The seminars focus on Medicare changes arising from the recently-passed Obama Care (it s actually called the Affordable Care Act [ACA]), with particular emphasis on changes that will occur in 2011. Participants will learn more about the ACA and the Medicare Part D prescription benefit, expansion of Medicare-covered services ...