LECOM
School of Pharmacy Offers Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit
Enrollment Assistance
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Pharmacy
student Alexandra Vasic assists Ed and Ruth Hall learn how they
can apply for a Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Plan.
The Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) School of
Pharmacy faculty members and students assisted more than 500
people with questions and concerns regarding the Medicare
Prescription Drug Benefit. A steady stream of Medicare eligible
patients and their family members or caretakers came through
McDowell Intermediate High School on Saturday, December 10. For
six hours, students used the Internet based Medicare Plan Tool
Finder to create plan comparisons that would help Medicare
beneficiaries choose the right plan for their prescription drug
needs.
Open enrollment for the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug
Benefit program began on November 15, 2005. However, many
seniors remain confused about which plan works best for their
needs, and they have become overwhelmed with an overload of
information from mailings, television commercials, and phone
calls. School of Pharmacy organized the benefit enrollment day
to help alleviate some of this stress.
Medicare benefit recipients can still enroll by December 31,
2005 for January coverage and they have until May 15, 2006 to
enroll without penalty. To learn how to compare prescription
drug benefit plans, please click on the following links (Adobe
Acrobat Reader required):
To download instructions on how to use the Medicare Prescription
Benefit Plan online comparison click
here.
To download the Medicare Personal Information Worksheet
click here.
For more information check the following links and phone
numbers:
Medicare
http://www.medicare.gov
http://www.medicare.gov/medicarereform/drugbenefit.asp
http://www.medicare.gov/MPCO/Hom.asp
http://www.medicare.gov/medicarereform/MPDP_cost_estimator.asp
Social Security Administration
http://www.ssa.gov/prescriptionhelp/
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/organizations/medicareoutreach2/
AARP
http://www.aarp.org/health/medicare/drug_coverage/medicarerx_coverage.html
Pharmacy Information
www.pharmacist.com
Pennsylvania Insurance Department
http://www.ins.state.pa.us/
http://shiptalk.org
Pennsylvania Department of Aging
http://www.aging.state.pa.us/
Other:
www.BenefitsCheckup.org/rx
Cost Estimator and Savings Analyzer
www.webstudies.lewin/pdb/medicare2.htm
Medicare Telephone: 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227)
TTY: 1-877-486-2048
Social Security Telephone: 1-800-772-1213
TTY: 1-800-325-0778
Pennsylvania SHIP: 1-800-783-7067
Erie County Apprise Insurance Counselor – 814-459-4581
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