Cost shifting may make arthritis medications too expensive for medicare beneficiaries (PhysOrg)
Biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) such as adalimumab, etanercept and infliximab are effective at reducing symptoms and slowing progression of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). These drugs act more quickly, require less laboratory monitoring, and are better tolerated than nonbiologic DMARDs, but they are also up to 100 times more expensive. Insurance plans differ greatly in their ...

HHS Releases $30 Million to Help Medicare Beneficiaries Access Their Benefits (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
WASHINGTON----HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today released $25 million in grants to help older people, individuals with disabilities and their caregivers apply for special assistance through Medicare, and an additional $5 million for a national resource center to support these important efforts.

Elder Law Seminars hosted by Flushing House (Queens Courier)
Are you a senior citizen stuck on a financial roller coaster due to the Medicare Part D doughnut hole?

From the District to Washington (The Hill)
If you work in politics and you don t know A. Barry Rand, you d better get to know him.