Pulse of The People: Protect Medicare Part D
As a patient advocate, I am greatly concerned about the future of healthcare in America. While we recognize that lawmakers must find ways to address the national debt, we urge our elected officials not to do so on the backs of our country s most vulnerable citizens.

Medicare Part D assistance available
Medicare recipients have a little more than a week to enroll or change their prescription-drug plans, and an area senior services director says that a wrong decision can cost residents hundreds, perhaps even thousands, of dollars.

Number of Medicare Part D Drugs Covered by Prescription Drug Plans Varies Widely
Nov. 17, 2011 Senior citizens who have not taken advantage of the annual window Medicare Open Enrollment when Medicare allows seniors to change health and drug plans just got a new incentive to compare plans before the December 7 deadline.