People With MS Caught in Medicare "Donut Hole" Finding Critical Relief Under Affordable Care Act in Their Costs For ...
NEW YORK, May 30, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As the average cost of MS in the United States is nearly $70,000 a year, with the overall annual economic cost of MS being an estimated $28 billion, people living with MS face high out-of-pocket costs even when covered by health insurance. The high out-of-pocket costs for medical care and treatment create not only a financial burden but also ...

Medicare changes focus of Flushing House seminars
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 ...

Can Ryan s Privatization Plan Cure What Ails Medicare?
It's no secret that changes have to be made to how our government spends money--but can privatization cure what ails Medicare?

McConnell: Medicare Overhaul Must Be Part of Debt Ceiling Deal
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) said he wont support a deal to raise the U.S. federal debt ceiling unless it restrains the growth of Medicare spending, but in an interview aired Sunday on NBC he left open what form that deal could take.