Members of MAPRx coalition urge supercommittee to protect Part D program
Writing on behalf of millions of Medicare beneficiaries with chronic health conditions who rely on Part D for their essential medications, 26 members of the Medicare Access for Patients Rx (MAPRx) coalition sent a joint letter urging members of the joint deficit panel ("supercommittee") to reject proposals to increase Medicare beneficiary cost-sharing, raise coinsurance, and freeze income ...

88% of New York State Seniors Can Expect Higher 2012 Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plan Premiums
Based on an analysis of the newly released 2012 stand-alone Medicare Part D prescription drug plan landscape data, Q1Medicare.com has found that 88% of New York State seniors and Medicare beneficiaries can expect to see an increase in their current monthly stand-alone Medicare Part D premiums unless they switch to a lower costing 2012 plan. A summary of New York s stand-alone 2012 Medicare ...

Q1Medicare.com Reminds Seniors that October 15 begins the 2012 Medicare Part D and Medicare Advantage Plan Annual Open ...
Q1Medicare.com reminds seniors and other Medicare beneficiaries that the 2012 Medicare Part D prescription drug and Medicare Advantage plan annual Open Enrollment Period begins one month earlier this year, starting on Saturday, October 15, 2011. Also starting this year, the annual enrollment period will end several weeks earlier on Wednesday, December 7, 2011 - instead of December 31 as in ...

For Second Straight Year, Humana Walmart-Preferred Rx Plan (PDP) Features Lowest Monthly Premium Offered In All 50 ...
Humana Inc. announced today that the company will once again offer a Medicare Part D prescription-drug plan , co-branded with Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. or Walmart to provide significant savings on monthly plan premiums, prescription medicine copayments and cost-shares for Medicare beneficiaries.