Features Related to Medicare

1. 10 Smart Ways to Slash Your Health Care Bills
   

   By Anne Marie O’Connor Before you fill that prescription or enroll in an insurance plan, read this guide on how you can trim thousands from your medical costs—without compromising your care. CO-PAYS. DEDUCTIBLES. OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES. It may feel like you need to empty your savings account to stay

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2. The Identity Theft You Haven't Heard of...Yet
   

   By Amy Engeler They're not just going on shopping sprees anymore. Now thieves are using your personal info (or your child's) to get a job, buy a house, and have major surgery — which wrecks not just your bank account but also your medical records. When her labor pains began last April, Dorothy Bell

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3. Cross Coverage
   

   Most people probably don't give much thought to their doctors' free time. But how exactly do they manage busy patient loads and still have weekends and vacations? The answer can affect you and your family's health and well-being. Many physicians belong to a "coverage group": One physician temporaril

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4. Medicare Rx Benefit: Sorting Out the Options
   

   The start of enrollment for Medicare's new prescription drug benefit is just six weeks away. Medicare Part D, as it's called, will be the biggest addition to the program since it was founded in 1965. Although Part D will offer more choices for drug plans, it will also add layers of complexity to a n

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5. Doughnuts, Anyone?
   

   The new Medicare drug benefit -- called Part D -- begins Jan. 1, 2006, but the enrollment period starts soon. With hundreds of plans offering different types of coverage, now is the time to do your homework. 1. Getting Started. If you're currently on Medicare, then you should receive an enrollment f

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6. Drugs for Seniors: A Costly Problem
   

   If prescription drug affordability were measured in headlines, 2004 would have been a windfall year for American seniors. Congress fought over drug reimportation legislation. Consumer groups hammered away at drugmakers for high prices. President George W. Bush and Sen. John Kerry battled over whethe

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7. George W. Bush's Health-Care Plans
   

   Health care has taken center stage in the race between President George W. Bush and Sen. John Kerry. WebMD Washington correspondent Todd Zwillich talked to top staff members from each campaign to find out how the candidates would address 10 major challenges in today's health care system. The candida

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8. John Kerry's Health-Care Plans
   

   Health care has taken center stage in the race between President George W. Bush and Sen. John Kerry. WebMD Washington correspondent Todd Zwillich talked to top staff members from each campaign to find out how the candidates would address 10 major challenges in today's health-care system. The candida

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9. Navigating the Medicare Rx Discount Maze
   

   The government is ready to roll out its new Medicare-approved prescription discount drug card program, offering seniors and other beneficiaries discounts on many of the medications they use. With dozens of prescription discount cards set to hit the market next month, almost every expert -- and even

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