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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A retired hospital administrator and instructor, she has spent the past few months getting seniors up to speed on the federal program&#39;s discount drugs cards, available this and next year before
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A PROMISE of free hospital care for Australians 75 and over is the cornerstone of Mark Latham&#39;s $3.7 billion bid for the hearts and minds of older voters - and the keys to The Lodge.
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For a president who delivered more than $500 billion in drug and health benefits to people  older than 65, Bush is not enjoying an advantage with the beneficiaries of that largess.
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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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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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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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Few senior citizens have signed up for Gov. Rod Blagojevich&#39;s prescription drug program that promises lower cost medications from pharmacies and drug wholesalers in Europe and Canada.
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When it comes to finding the best deal  on prescriptions under the Medicare health insurance program,  68-year-old Carol Paremske of Miami says she knows all the  tricks.
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WASHINGTON One day after President George W. Bush touted his efforts to help the elderly cope with increased medical expenses, US officials announced the largest premium increase in the Medicare program&#39;s history, raising the monthly expense $11.
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As restructuring Social Security moves to the top of his agenda, President Bush is sidestepping a troublesome problem: Medicare, which provides health insurance for
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Fido may not be able to say where it hurts, but veterinarians at Angell Animal Medical Center in Jamaica Plain will be able to peer into his brain with an MRI being installed this month.
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If every dog has his day, consider the busy role-playing for the canine in Ned Lamont&#039;s campaign ad.
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What do you think of the Medicare drug discount-card program? (Check all that apply.). I&#39;m eligible but I don&#39;t use it. Biopsy results confirm a young Dublin man has contracted the human form of mad cow disease.
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The demand for dialysis brings new strains to MedicareÂs budget and prompts the question: When is it ethical to stop the treatment?
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Here is a clip-and-save fact that symbolizes America&#39;s long-term financial dilemma: According to government estimates, the ultimate drain from the new Medicare prescription-drug benefit will be greater than the current national debt.
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One part of the new Medicare drug plan passed by Congress earlier this year could live up to its advance clippings and save people a lot of money.