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    My husband needs more help at home than I can give him myself. What resources are available to help us pay for this care?

      — Cathy (Watkinsville, GA)

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Press Release
Statement of Robert M. Hayes on Proposed Regulations Governing Medicare Private Health and Prescription Drug Plans


Advocate Talking Points
Taxpayers spend over $5 billion a year in extra payments to private plans that could be better used to alleviate health care costs for low-income people with Medicare


MRC Report
Medicare Part D's exclusion of off-label prescriptions denies coverage of life-sustaining medicines


MRC Report
Medicare-administered drug benefit would be more affordable, comprehensive, stable than current private insurance-run drug benefit


Part D Appeals Manual
An advocate’s manual to navigating the Medicare private drug plan appeals process


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