Doggedly Persistent, Untying Medicare Knots for the Elderly
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Frederic Riccardi is an attack dog disguised as a health insurance counselor.
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Filling the doughnut hole in Medicare drug plans would cost older people and the disabled about $40 a month more.
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The health insurance salesman who came to Gloria Young's house made a strong pitch. His company's private Medicare plan could meet her needs just as well as her current insurer, and much more cheaply.
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The 67-year-old retired print technician doesn&#39;t make enough in Social Security to cover prescription drugs for his stomach ulcer and his wife, Delores&#39; bone density problems.
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The anti-industry crusader targets pharmaceuticals.
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Christopher A. Warner says he considers himself something of a maverick, a caring physician willing to challenge medical orthodoxy in order to help women.
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Sexual performance drugs such as Viagra will be covered in Medicare's new prescription drug program, a lifestyle rather than lifesaving benefit that conservatives and watchdog groups say the government shouldn't provide.
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NEW YORK  - Man's best friend may also help keep their elderly owners healthy, but only if the dog owners regularly walk their pets, new research shows.
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Joseph Glazier has seen the cost of his phone service double this year and his utility bills could do the same. He cannot ride the bus for free anymore. Subsidized prescriptions for his ailing eyes and ears have long since stopped.
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Elderly clients thought they had every reason to trust Michael DelMonico as a financial counselor. After all, the Massachusetts insurance agent had become a "Certified Senior Adviser" in 2002, a credential he made sure to advertise on fliers sent to retirees.
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WASHINGTON - A day before the first presidential debate, the government's health policy watchdog raised concerns that early mailings to seniors about the new Medicare prescription discount cards championed by President Bush were confusing or inadequate.   "We found that these beneficiaries received very little mail from drug card sponsors that would enable them to make an informed choice among cards," the Health and Human Services Department inspector general wrote in the Sept...
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The US government has announced a record increase in Medicare premiums for 2005, and all depending which side you&#39;re on in the Presidential race, it&#39;s either an enhanced package for senior citizens, or the elderly population is being socked with the
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J ohn Kerry&#39;s relentless attacks against the president&#39;s Medicare reform and prescription drug bill are rather brazen for a 19-year senator who didn&#39;t even care enough to show up for 36 out of 38 votes on the historic bill, including final passage.
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Gov. Janet Napolitano dipped into a fund used for health emergencies to help promote the state&#39;s prescription-drug program for seniors, a move that has come under fire because she pledged not to use taxpayer money to advertise the discount cards.
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At a time when affluent dog owners coddle their pets with massage, antidepressants and spa vacations, itâs not surprising that dogs have the equivalent of personal trainers.
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Many of the Medicare recipients who would benefit most from using discount drug cards think they&#39;re too much trouble to be worthwhile.
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Many experts are concerned that the new Medicare law will be unworkable for most Americans who live in nursing homes.