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Medicare brochure or publication: Senior Citizen Resource Guide (New York State) source:New York State Office for the Aging file size: 56 pg.   languages: English "Information about health care, legal assistance, financial help, community support services, housing, transportation, nutrition, recreation, energy, taxes, volunteer opportunities and more..." brochure or publication: MEDICARE PART D INSURANCE COMPANY PROFILES source: Cornell University (College of Human Ecology) Medicare Part D file size: 61 pg.   languages: English Insurance Plan Comparisons contains specific information regarding the unique characteristics of each of the 59 stand alone prescription drug plans being offered across New York State in 2007 brochure or publication: New York City Office of Labor Relations Health Benefits Program source: The Official New York City Web site file size: 4 pg.   languages: English Medicare Part D Information For Medicare-Eligible Retirees Who Currently Receive Prescription Drug Coverage Through Their Health Plan brochure or publication: The New Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit - What Residents of Nursing Homes Need to Know source:Long Term Care Community Coalition file size: 8 pg.   languages: English from the brochure or publication: "...Everyone who is on Medicare and Medicaid will have to make decisions. This guidebook will help you find out what you need to know to protect yourself..." Medicare brochure or publication: Part D and EPIC / VA -- Here’s what Preferred Care’s Rx plan can offer you source: Preferred Care file size: 2 pg.   languages: English Preferred Care's coverage plans for members of New York State’s EPIC program Medicare Web Page: Information for Medicare Beneficiaries source:New York State Insurance Department languages: English Includes Information on Medicare Supplement Insurance, Medicare Select Insurance, and Medicare Advantage Plans   also from New York State Insurance Department: Medicare brochure or publication: COMPARISON OF YEAR 2007 COMMUNITY RATED STANDARDIZED MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT MONTHLY PREMIUMS (PREMIUMS IN EFFECT AS OF JANUARY 1, 2007) 7 pages; languages: English Medicare brochure or publication: Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 source:The Segal Group, Inc 2 pg.   languages: English (Jan 2004) Bulletin covers highlights of changes in the Medicare law Medicare brochure or publication: A GUIDE TO THE MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG PROGRAM PART III-F NEW YORK STATE MEDICAID WRAP-AROUND PROGRAM FOR DUAL ELIGIBLES source:NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION file size: 1 pg.   languages: English Bulletin about New York state benefits for psychiatric pharmaceuticals Medicare Web Page: Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage (EPIC) Program source:New York State Department of Health file size: 8 pg.   languages: English "EPIC is a New York State sponsored prescription plan for senior citizens who need help paying for their prescriptions. Over 360,000 seniors already belong and are saving, on average, over 80% of the cost of their medicines..."   also from New York State Department of Health: Medicare brochure or publication: EPIC and Medicare languages: English "EPIC enrollees who have Medicare will be eligible to join a Medicare drug plan beginning November 15, 2005. They will be receiving information from Medicare and Social Security about this new benefit. The following important points help explain how this will affect EPIC enrollees and their EPIC coverage..." Medicare Web Page: Insurance Plan Comparisons source:Cornell University Resource Education for Medicare Part D languages: English description from web site: "...specific information regarding the unique characteristics of each of the 55 stand alone prescription drug plans being offered across New York State in 2008. Information such as the number of people in the state who chose this plan in 2006 and customer satisfaction rates (for plans that existed in 2006 and 2007 as well as 2008) is included...."   also from Cornell University Resource Education for Medicare Part D: Medicare brochure or publication: Plan Coverage of Selected Drugs languages: English description from web site: "...contains specific information on almost 500 of the most commonly used medications. Organized as a single page for each medication, the types of coverage and the costs of the medications within each coverage zone for that drug in all of the plans across New York State ..." Medicare brochure or publication: Beneficiary Fact Sheet: Using Your Medicare Drug Coverage In 2007 source: New York State Office of Mental Health file size: 2 pg.   languages: English If you’ve just joined a Medicare drug plan for the first time, or you switched to a new Medicare dug plan during the open enrollment period, there are some things you can do to make sure your first visit to the pharmacy in 2007 goes smoothly. Medicare brochure or publication: REDUCTION OF BENEFITS NOTICE NEW IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO RECEIVE BOTH MEDICARE AND MEDICAID source: STATE OF NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH file size: 2 pg.   languages: English Notice for New York residents who receive both Medicare and Medicaid about changes in coverage effective January, 2006 Medicare Web Page: Health Insurance Information, Counseling and Assistance Program (New York) source:New York State Office for the Aging languages: English "The Medicare Part D Prescription Drug annual enrollment period has ended. However, if you received a letter from your drug plan stating that you have a special enrollment period, you have until February 14th to choose and compare other drug plans..."   also from New York State Office for the Aging: Medicare Web Page: Medicare languages: English "What is Medicare? Who is Eligible for Medicare? What are Your Medicare Choices? Preventive Services How can I protect myself from Medicare Fraud?" Medicare brochure or publication: (New York) EPIC Fee Plan & Medicare Drug Coverage source:New York Statewide Senior Action Council, Inc. 2 pages; languages: English ...Many seniors in the EPIC Fee Plan can save more by using the Medicare drug benefit together with EPIC. Those with limited income and resources may be eligible for 'Extra Help' from Medicare that will provide even greater savings. Use the chart below to see what level of Medicare drug benefit you qualify for, and how it will work with the EPIC Fee Plan... Medicare Web Page: (Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Finder source:Medicare: The Official U.S. Government Site for People with Medicare languages: English Find and compare plans for all states, including New York Medicare Prescription Drug plans Medicare brochure or publication: New York Medicare Drug Plan Ratings source:AARP file size:5 pg.  languages: English "...This AARP rating tool contains information about “stand-alone” Medicare plans in your state that cover only prescription drugs...." Medicare brochure or publication: Landscape: New York Medicare Advantage, Cost Plans, and Demonstrations source:CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES file size:42 pg.   languages: English "New York 2007 Medicare Advantage, Cost, and Demonstration Plans. Data as of September 29, 2006. Includes all contracts/plans regardless of 2007 approval status. PACE, Special Needs Plans, and Employer sponsored plans (800 series) are excluded." Medicare brochure or publication: Lanscape: New York Stand-Alone Prescription Drug Plans source:CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES file size:3 pg.   languages: English   "New York 2007 Medicare Part D Stand-Alone Prescription Drug Plans. Data as of September 12, 2006. Includes all contracts/plans regardless of 2007 approval status. Employer sponsored plans (800 series) are excluded."

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