April 2006 | Medicare News

Medicare Part D - Medicare: The ABC's of Part D (The Pueblo Chieftain) The

Medicare: The ABC's of Part D (The Pueblo Chieftain)
The May 15 deadline is fast approaching for people to decide on signing up for the new Medicare prescription drug insurance - even while many still don't know what it is. Assistance workers at the local and state level say they have received huge numbers of questions about the insurance. Pat Gash of the Senior Resource Development Agency, who's been counseling seniors about the program in

Initial enrollment for Medicare Part D ends May 15 (The Marion Star)
The Ohio Department of Insurance encourages eligible Ohioans who have not enrolled in Medicare prescription drug coverage to do so by May 15. The "Part D by May Day" statewide consumer education campaign urges beneficiaries to enroll now to start saving money sooner and avoid the last minute rush.

In Scramble for New Medicare Business, a Few Insurers Grab the Most (New York Times)
Two companies have captured nearly half of the vast new market for prescription drug insurance under Medicare, according to new data.

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Term Life Insurance -- As Easy As A-B-C (Benton Evening

Term Life Insurance -- As Easy As A-B-C (Benton Evening News)
(ARA) - There are some things in life that will always be confusing. Like why the same meals prepared at your children's friends' houses always taste better. Why you can run out of gas when the gauge still shows one-eighth full.

Advanced Marketing Tool-Kit Provides ``Estate Strategies Using Life Insurance in Times of Estate Tax Uncertainty'' (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEWARK, N.J.----April 19, 2006--Prudential Financial, Inc. announced today a new advanced marketing tool-kit entitled "Estate Strategies Using Life Insurance in Times of Estate Tax Uncertainty".

China Life Insurance Company Limited Announces 2005 Annual Results (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
China Life Insurance Company Limited today announced the consolidated audited results of the Company and its subsidiaries for the full year ended 31 December 2005.

Life insurance companies yet to attract young employees in big way (rediff.com)
Life insurance companies have yet to see the entry of the younger generation in a big way. This was highlighted by N S Kannan, executive director, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, while launching an insurance product for cancer.

Saxton, AARP discuss Medicare (The Trenton Times) MOUNT HOLLY --

Saxton, AARP discuss Medicare (The Trenton Times)
MOUNT HOLLY -- Rep. Jim Saxton, R-Mount Holly, will join leaders of the New Jersey AARP and the Burlington County Office on Aging today for a 2 p.m. discussion of the lagging rate of registration for Medicare Part D and the upcoming deadline for enrollment.

PCMA: Seniors, Medicare Program Could Save at Least $23 Billion through 2010 with New Generic Drugs (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News)
Seniors and the Medicare Part D program could potentially save, at a minimum, more than $23 billion dollars over the next five years as at least 14 major brand-name drugs commonly used by seniors are slated to become available in generic form, according to a new analysis released today by the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA). However, PCMA also warned that these savings are at

PCMA: Seniors, Medicare Program Could Save at Least $23 Billion Through 2010 With New Generic Drugs (RedNova)
WASHINGTON, April 18 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Seniors

Medicare Drug Plans Often Not the Bargain Some Expect (Los Angeles Times)
Reasonably healthy middle-class seniors find they can do better by getting many of their prescriptions filled at low-margin pharmacies.

Medicare Part D - Sen. Stabenow, Rep. Stark to Call on Congress to Extend

Sen. Stabenow, Rep. Stark to Call on Congress to Extend Medicare Part D Enrollment Deadline (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News)
Sen. Stabenow, Rep. Stark to Call on Congress to Extend Medicare Part D Enrollment Deadline

'Americans United' Calling on Minnesota Congressional Delegation to Extend May 15th Medicare Part D Enrollment (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News)
"Americans United" Calling on Minnesota Congressional Delegation to Extend May 15th Medicare Part D Enrollment

PharmaCare's Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plan Results in Increased Safety for Seniors (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
PharmaCare, one of the nation's largest pharmaceutical benefit managers , announced today that members enrolled in Prescription Pathway, the company's Medicare Part D prescription drug plan offered in partnership with Universal American Financial Corp., experience increased safety through innovative clinical programs.

Term Life Insurance -- As Easy As A-B-C (Harrisburg Daily

Term Life Insurance -- As Easy As A-B-C (Harrisburg Daily Register)
(ARA) - There are some things in life that will always be confusing. Like why the same meals prepared at your children's friends' houses always taste better. Why you can run out of gas when the gauge still shows one-eighth full.

Fort Dearborn Life Insurance Company Introduces Dental PPO Program in Ohio (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Fort Dearborn Life Insurance Company has introduced a group dental PPO program in the Ohio marketplace. Available on both an employer-paid and voluntary basis, Fort Dearborn Life's PPO group dental program is designed for both the employee's and the employer's benefit budget.

Standard Life investors have chance to vote for 1,700 share giveaways (The Scotsman via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
MEMBERS of the insurance giant Standard Life will receive an average 1,700-worth of shares if they back its proposals to demutualise and list on the Stock Exchange.

Deadly bird flu virus detected in Sudan: official (AFP via

Deadly bird flu virus detected in Sudan: official (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Sudan reported its first cases of the deadly strain of bird flu in poultry and that a human had contracted the disease.

China says new human bird flu case (CNN.com)
BEIJING, China (Reuters) -- China's Health Ministry confirmed Tuesday that a 21-year-old man in the central province of Hubei has been infected with H5N1 bird flu.

World Bank Earmarks $500M for Bird Flu (AP via Yahoo! News)
World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz, working with poor countries on programs to thwart bird flu, said Tuesday a worldwide outbreak would disrupt the global economy in addition to causing a devastating loss of life.

Medicare Part D - 'The First 100 Days' of Medicare Part D Conference (PR

'The First 100 Days' of Medicare Part D Conference (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
As Medicare Part D is under implementation, so are the far-reaching policy and administrative issues that have an impact on patients, health care plans and state governments.

Event offers help with Medicare Part D (Courier-Post)
MOUNT HOLLY - For seniors in Burlington County who can not understand the new Medicare prescription drug plan, help is on the way.

Medicare drug fog beginning to clear (Charleston Daily Mail)
With well over 70,000 West Virginians enrolled in new Medicare Part D prescription insurance programs, officials say initial complaints are subsiding over the confusion the program created.

French Region Easing Bird Flu Rules (AP via Yahoo! News)

French Region Easing Bird Flu Rules (AP via Yahoo! News)
Poultry from some areas of France's bird-flu stricken Ain region can come out of confinement within two weeks, the region's top official announced Monday.

China says little risk of big bird flu outbreak (AFP via Yahoo! News)
China now sees little risk of a massive bird flu outbreak this year due to intensified poultry vaccination efforts, state media said, citing the nation's chief veterinary officer.

Algeria begins manufacturing bird flu drug Tamiflu (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Algeria began manufacturing the bird flu drug Tamiflu under the brand name Saiflu in preparation for a possible pandemic of the disease, the Algerian news agency APS reported.

Hospitalized Chinese woman tests negative for bird flu (Kyodo via

Hospitalized Chinese woman tests negative for bird flu (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News)
_ A 41-year-old woman in China's southern province of Guangdong who fell ill with an unknown type of pneumonia has been ruled out as a human case of bird flu, the provincial Health Bureau said Tuesday.

More Bird Flu Found in Czech Republic (AP via Yahoo! News)
Another two cases of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus have been confirmed in the Czech Republic, an official said Monday.

Bird flu in Myanmar worse than thought (AFP via Yahoo! News)
UN officials expressed grave concern over the bird flu situation in Myanmar, which they said is more serious than previously thought.

Czech Republic announces second and third cases of H5N1 bird

Czech Republic announces second and third cases of H5N1 bird flu (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A second and third case of the H5N1 form of bird flu have been detected by the Czech Republic's national laboratory, the Czech veterinary office said.

Hospitalized Chinese woman tests negative for bird flu (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News)
_ A 41-year-old woman in China's southern province of Guangdong who fell ill with an unknown type of pneumonia has been ruled out as a human case of bird flu, the provincial Health Bureau said Tuesday.

Ordinary Indonesians unafraid of bird flu threat (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Poultry vendor Ahmad Jamal plucks, dissects and cleans hundreds of chickens and ducks every day in an Indonesian market, but takes the risk of bird flu as a matter of fate.

Swan in Croatian capital had deadly bird flu: official (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A wild swan found dead last week in Zagreb was infected with the lethal H5N1 strain of bird flu, an official said, confirming the Croatian capital's first case of the virus.

Medicare Part D drug plan continues to draw seniors (Green Bay Press)

Medicare drug plan continues to draw seniors' ire (Green Bay Press-Gazette)
The Medicare Part D prescription drug plan needs changing now. That was the message from about 30 senior citizens and advocates for seniors and people with disabilities during a listening session Wednesday at the Aging and Disability Resource Center, 300 S. Adams St., Green Bay.

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