Medicare Part D

Earlier this month I posted the item at this link.

Now less than two days remain for open enrollment for Medicare Part D for the 2010 year.

Go to tonight's WRAL-TV coverage on the same subject at this link here, and be sure to spread the word today among your senior friends, loved ones, and caregivers of loved ones.

Courtesy of your friendly (BlueNC) neighborhood state Insurance Commissioner ... :)

Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin wants to remind the state's 1.3 million Medicare recipients that the Medicare Part D annual election period started Nov. 15, and will continue through the end of this year.

Seriously? Why is it that in order to be guaranteed health care in this country you have to be in the last third of your life? The most expensive part of your life in terms of medical and healthcare?

Medicare Part D. The Prescription Drug Plan for our senior citizens. It sounds wonderful and should have been, but in the hands of Republicans it has turned into a nightmare for many who can ill afford complications in their lives.

In today's Washington Post there's a piece reporting that over half a million low income seniors who were automatically enrolled last year will have to apply this year for the new plan.

Some advocates say the affected seniors may not have understood a letter about the change that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services sent last month. And even beneficiaries aware of the change might have trouble completing the six-page application, they said.

A six-page application is a bit much for anyone. I've seen shorter college applications and job applications. So, of the people covered by Medicare Part D, the most vulnerable group has yet another hurdle before actually receiving the benefits they're entitled to during the second year of the plan.

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Well, I got on a roll after being absolutely disgusted with his ad against Kissell, and voting for the Military Commissions act...and faxed him this last night. I know it's chaff in the wind...but maybe he'll start to get the idea of how much we want him out...and why.

Letter follows...

Larry Kissell shared coffee and doughnuts with a group of seniors at the Birmingham Pharmacy in Hamlet, NC to talk about why they’re angry about the Medicare prescription drug plan and the consequences of yet another promise broken by Robin Hayes.

It’s been about nine months since the Medicare Part D has taken effect and millions of seniors, including those in Hamlet, are now facing the lapse of prescription coverage known as the doughnut hole.

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