Seniors offered counseling on Medicare options at Keystone Villa at Douglassville
Seniors attended a free one-on-one counseling session on Thursday, Oct. 20 to discuss their Medicare options at Keystone Villa at Douglassville. As part of Keystone Villa s Senior Health & Financial 2011 Series, trained APPRISE Medicare Specialists from Berks Encore visited the Douglassville retirement community to review 2012 costs and compare coverage plans.

Medicare open enrollment time
The open enrollment period for Iowans enrolled or considering enrolling in Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage plans is open through Dec. 7.

Medicare has a drug problem
Perhaps no part of Medicare has done as well in reining in costs as Medicare Part D, the prescription drug benefit, signed into law by President George W. Bush in 2003. Its costs have consistently come in under budget by as much as 44 percent (though some of that is likely due to lower than projected enrollment). Even as premiums for private health insurance skyrocketed , Medicare Part D ...