Medicare Drug Benefits through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Information you can use:

CMS Press Release: New Drug Coverage in Iowa to Include Options for Addiotional Benefits and Saving Money

Stand-Alone Prescription Drug Plan Organizations

Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug Plan Organizations

Q&A Making Medicare Make Sense, Sept 23, 2005

Medicare Part D Fact Sheet - Pacific Territories

Medicare Part D Fact Sheet - Puerto Rico

Medicare Part D Fact Sheet - US Virgin Islands

HHS Press Release: Drug plan premiums, deductibles, and coverage info

Medicare Part D Fact Sheet: Drug Plans in Midwestern States

"Medicare Drug Premiums Will Be Lower Than Expected" (CMS Fact Sheet 8.9.05)

Q&A Making Medicare Make Sense, Aug. 22, 2005

Q&A Making Medicare Make Sense, Aug. 15, 2005

Q&A Making Medicare Make Sense: Answers To Common Medicare Questions

Q&A Recent Medicare Mailing

Article: Medicare to Offer Prescription Drug Coverage

"Medicare Help is Just a Phone Call Away"

For Professionals:

Help With Medicare Prescription Drug Costs

Outreach and Educational Materials (.pdf)

The President Promotes New Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (.pdf)

New Medicare Benefits and Choices Fact Sheet June 16, 2005 (.pdf)

Articles on Medicare Drug Benefit-Professionals July 1, 2005(.pdf)

For Consumers:

New medicare Prescription Drug Coverage(.pdf)

Information from Medicare: Paying for Prescription Drugs(.pdf)

Special version of BenefitsCheckUpRx for beneficiaries of limited income and resources(.pdf)

Starting January 1, 2006, Medicare prescription drug coverage becomes available to everyone with Medicare.

Help With Medicare Prescription Drug Costs:

Information is available for professionals or organizations to assist persons with limited income to help pay for their prescription drugs. This information includes:

Fact Sheets (available in English and Spanish)
Leaflets to complete the application (available in English and Spanish)
Worksheets to help persons complete the application
Sample applications
Medical Outread Posters

Visit Social Security Online for more information.