MRC News          

Welcome to MRC News, the newsletter of the Medicare Rights Center An organization such as ours is about people first and foremost. MRC News spotlights the people who are part of MRC – our staff, volunteers, clients, friends, and donors. It brings news of MRC programs and services and keeps readers up to date on what we are doing—and what we can do together— to make health care better for people with Medicare, and for everyone who will have Medicare in the future. You can read past issues of MRC News by downloading the PDF file below.

2008

• Spring 2008:
  • A conversation with Delores Bowman, counselor on MRC's HMO Appeals Hotline
  • Letter from the President
  • MRC Alumni News: Where are they now?
  • The top 10 things your man in DC, Paul Precht, has done for you lately
  • Profile of Iowa-based board member, Joel L. Olah, PhD.

• Winter 2008:
  • Bruce Vladeck Elected President of Medicare Rights Center Board of Directors A powerful voice for people with Medicare
  • Is there an idealist in the house?
  • Letter from the President
  • Lois Steinberg, MRC’s Westchester Program Director, inducted into the Westchester County 2007 Senior Citizen Hall of Fame
  • MRC Alumni News
  • MRC Celebration Dinner 2007

2006

• Fall 2006:
  • On the Horizon: Citizens' Health Care Working Group
  • American Lives: Planning for Uncertainty: Falling into the Coverage Gap
  • Inside MRC: MRC Reports on Problems Caused by Lock-In; Summer Interns Heat Up MRC's Outreach Efforts
  • Dealing with the Doughnut Hole
  • News of Note

• Spring 2006:
  • On the Horizon: A Medicare Drug Benefit
  • Volunteer Corner: Lifetime Activist Brings Her Vitality to MRC
  • MRC Outreach: No More Band-Aids: It's Time for Medicare for All
  • Inside MRC: MRC Files Suit Over Medicaid to Medicare Transition; SOS Medicare; Low Enrollment in Extra Help Program Points to Importance of MRC's Efforts
  • News of Note

2005

• Fall 2005:
  • On the Horizon: Medicare for All
  • MRC Update: MRC Launches Innovative Volunteer Project; Monitoring the New Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit
  • Inside MRC: New Medicare Law Shifts Medicaid Drug Coverage to Medicare; Programs Match MRC and Recent College Graduates
  • News of Note

• Spring 2005:
  • On the Horizon: The Value of Life
  • Volunteer Corner: Financial Planner by Day, Medicare Counselor by Night
  • MRC Outreach: Dear Marci; Banner Year for MRC’s Consumer Expertise
  • Inside MRC: New Medicare Law Shifts Medicaid Drug Coverage to Medicare; Programs Match MRC and Recent College Graduates
  • News of Note

2004

• Fall 2004/Winter 2005:
  • On the Horizon: What About Moral Values?
  • MRC Outreach: American Lives
  • MRC in Focus: MRC to CMS: Simplify Drug Benefit Enrollment
  • News of Note

• Summer 2004:
  • On the Horizon: True Beneficiaries
  • MRC Outreach: Consumer Action Board
  • MRC in Focus: MRC to Congress
  • News of Note

• Spring 2004:
  • On the Horizon: Fear and Loathing
  • Volunteer Corner: Connecting Generations
  • MRC Outreach: Answers to Low-Income Seniors
  • News of Note

• Winter 2004:
  • On the Horizon: Crazy from too much choice
  • Volunteer Corner: Jack Gavin from Project SOS in Westchester
  • MRC Update: Medicare Interactive in action; MRC policy initiatives in DC and Baltimore
  • News of Note

2003

• Fall 2003
  • On the Horizon: Note to the next U.S. president
  • On the Campaign Trail: MRC in Iowa and New Hampshire
  • Medicare Update: New York county creates barriers to enrollment in low-income assistance programs; Medicare coverage guidelines leave many imprisoned in their own homes
  • News of Note
  
  
• Summer 2003
  • On the Horizon: The new math in Washington--enacting a universal Medicare drug benefit that adds up
  • Travels with Elana: Enrolling people in the Medicare Savings Programs
  • Volunteer Corner: Walter Bach, an MRC Hotline Counselor, has been blind since 1979
  
  
• Spring 2003
  • On the Horizon: Eerie contrasts as drug industry tries to stop older and disabled Americans from getting medications from Canada
  • Hidden Lives: Timothy Bowers tries to survive having cancer and no health insurance
  • Medicare News Update: Community Voices project; Maine Rx lawsuit
  
  
• Winter 2003
  • On the Horizon: Prescription drugs--a private insurer-administered benefit or a benefit within traditional Medicare?
  • Volunteer Update: MRC's Consumer Advisory Board
  • Medicare in Focus: State Solutions project; New advocacy branch in DC

2002

• Fall 2002
  • On the Horizon: Lessons from 1964--the success of Medicare
  • Hidden Lives: Grace Teller struggles to pay for her prescription drugs
  • Medicare News Update: Good news for the homebound; Medicare appeals process changes
  • Medicare in Focus: Project SOS; Ethics code for docs and drug reps
  
  
• Summer 2002
  • On the Horizon: Does your representative really support Medicare prescription drug coverage?
  • Hidden Lives: Grace Teller struggles to pay for her prescription drugs
  • Medicare News Update: Good news for the homebound; Medicare appeals process changes
  • Medicare in Focus: Project SOS; Ethics code for docs and drug reps
  
  
• Spring 2002
  • On the Horizon: Pharmaceutical companies--love them or hate them?
  • Medicare in Focus: Health security threatened in 2002; Guaranteed access to Medigap plans
  
  
• Winter 2002
  • On the Horizon: Reading between the lines--pharmaceutical company discount cards
  • Medicare in Focus: MRC identifies barriers to enrolling in Medicare Savings Programs; MRC finds people with Medicare struggle to pay for mental health services

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