Pearce staffers explain ins and outs of Medicare drug coverage to area seniors (The Deming Headlight)
Medicare Part D and the young prescription drug program were the topics of a forum late last week that nearly 20 senior citizens attended, as they listened to staff from U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce's Washington and Las Cruces offices.

Medicare Rx Education Network Encouraged By Increased Medicare Part D Enrollment Numbers (Medical News Today)
The Medicare Rx Education Network applauded the new Medicare Part D enrollment numbers released today by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that showed even more of America's seniors have chosen to take advantage of the Medicare prescription drug program, and that the second enrollment period has gone smoothly. [click link for full article]

Access to Benefits Coalition/NCOA Say Collective Action Needed to Find and Enroll Remaining Beneficiaries in Medicare ... (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News)
According to a report issued today at a Senate Special Committee on Aging hearing on whether Medicare Part D is working for people with limited income and resources, between 3.4 and 4.4 million Medicare beneficiaries remain eligible for the low-income subsidy (or Extra Help) through the Medicare's Prescription Drug program, but still have not signed up.

Medicare Rx Education Network Encouraged by Increased Medicare Part D Enrollment Numbers (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News)
The Medicare Rx Education Network applauded the new Medicare Part D enrollment numbers released today by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that showed even more of America's seniors have chosen to take advantage of the Medicare prescription drug program, and that the second enrollment period has gone smoothly. This is a definitive indicator that the Medicare benefit is working ...