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Asclepios—named for the Greek and Roman god of medicine who, acclaimed for his healing abilities, was at one point the most worshipped god in Greece—is a weekly e-newsletter designed to keep you up-to-date with Medicare program and policy issues, and advance advocacy strategies to address them.
2008
ACT NOW: Congress Must Stop Predatory Marketing - Vol. 8, Issue 19; May 8, 2008
A Little Help Here, Now - Vol. 8, Issue 18; May 1, 2008
Save More Lives - Vol. 8, Issue 17; April 24, 2008
How Much is Your Life Worth? - Vol. 8, Issue 16; April 17, 2008
A Kiss Goodbye - Vol. 8, Issue 15; April 10, 2008
A Better Option - Vol. 8, Issue 14; April 3, 2008
Which Way for Medicare? - Vol. 8, Issue 13; March 27, 2008
Joint Oversight - Vol. 8, Issue 12; March 20, 2008
Get Real - Vol. 8, Issue 11; March 13, 2008
Clean House - Vol. 8, Issue 10; March 6, 2008
Sign Up, Sign On - Vol. 8, Issue 9; February 28, 2008
A Rising Tide Won’t Lift a Leaky Boat - Vol. 8, Issue 8; February 21, 2008
Protecting Consumers - Vol. 8, Issue 7; February 14, 2008
Controlling Costs - Vol. 8, Issue 6; February 7, 2008
Man with an Ax - Vol. 8, Issue 5; January 31, 2008
The Medicare Option - Vol. 8, Issue 4; January 24, 2008
Saving Lives - Vol. 8, Issue 3; January 17, 2008
What a Waste - Vol. 8, Issue 2; January 10, 2008
Hang In There - Vol. 8, Issue 1; January 3, 2008
2007
Wait Till Next Year - Vol. 7, Issue 49; December 20, 2007
Which Side Are You On? - Vol. 7, Issue 48; December 13, 2007
The Fix We're In - Vol. 7, Issue 47; December 6, 2007
Politics or Health Care - Vol. 7, Issue 46; November 29, 2007
Declining Quality of Care - Vol. 7, Issue 45; November 15, 2007
Make Time for Medicare - Vol. 7, Issue 44; November 8, 2007
Who Is Medicare For? - Vol. 7, Issue 43; November 1, 2007
At Last, a Solution - Vol. 7, Issue 42; October 25, 2007
Getting Our Money's Worth - Vol. 7, Issue 41; October 18, 2007
Who Is Minding the Store? - Vol. 7, Issue 40; October 11, 2007
Mental Health Parity for Medicare - Vol. 7, Issue 39; October 4, 2007
Why the Wait? - Vol. 7, Issue 38; September 27, 2007
What Is the Senate's Medicare Plan? - Vol. 7, Issue 37; September 20, 2007
Standardizing Medicare Private Health Plans - Vol. 7, Issue 36; September 13, 2007
No Friend to the Poor - Vol. 7, Issue 35; September 6, 2007
Payment Parity for Medicare - Vol. 7, Issue 34; August 30, 2007
Modernize Medicare, Don’t Privatize It - Vol. 7, Issue 33; August 23, 2007
Extra Payments = Extra Profits - Vol. 7, Issue 32; August 16, 2007
Closing Loophole in Medicare Drug Coverage - Vol. 7, Issue 31; August 9, 2007
Beach Reading - Vol. 7, Issue 30; August 2, 2007
What Congress Broke, Congress Must Fix - Vol. 7, Issue 29; July 26, 2007
Cost-Effective Health Care - Vol. 7, Issue 28; July 23, 2007
A True Community of Interests - Vol. 7, Issue 27; July 12, 2007
Compelling Evidence - Vol. 7, Issue 26; June 28, 2007
Part D Consumer Protections - Vol. 7, Issue 25; June 21, 2007
Our Sick Health Care System - Vol. 7, Issue 24; June 14, 2007
Reclaiming Medicare - Vol. 7, Issue 23; June 7, 2007
Preventing Waste and Abuse - Vol. 7, Issue 22; May 31, 2007
Medicare Private Plan Overpayments: No Bang for the Buck - Vol. 7, Issue 21; May 24, 2007
Who Gets the Advantage? False Promises and Hidden Costs - Vol. 7, Issue 20; May 17, 2007
Facing the Consequences - Vol. 7, Issue 19; May 10, 2007
Room for Improvement - Vol. 7, Issue 18; May 3, 2007
The Fine Print - Vol. 7, Issue 17; April 26, 2007
The Help We Need - Vol. 7, Issue 16; April 19, 2007
Waiting in Pain - Vol. 7, Issue 15; April 12, 2007
By the Numbers - Vol. 7, Issue 14; April 5, 2007
Common Sense - Vol. 7, Issue 13; March 29, 2007
Extra, Extra? No More! - Vol. 7, Issue 12; March 22, 2007
Bridging the Gap - Vol. 7, Issue 11; March 15, 2007
Worth Looking Into - Vol. 7, Issue 10; March 8, 2007
Role Model - Vol. 7, Issue 9; March 1, 2007
The Big One - Vol. 7, Issue 8; February 22, 2007
Simple Fairness - Vol. 7, Issue 7; February 15, 2007
Personal Responsibility - Vol. 7, Issue 6; February 8, 2007
Stop This Scam - Vol. 7, Issue 5; February 1, 2007
Fear Factor - Vol. 7, Issue 4; January 25, 2007
Give It a Chance? - Vol. 7, Issue 3; January 18, 2007
The Price Fight - Vol. 7, Issue 2; January 11, 2007
Mystified and Confused - Vol. 7, Issue 1; January 4, 2007
2006
Rather Fight than Switch - Vol. 6, Issue 50; December 21, 2006
Time for Negotiation - Vol. 6, Issue 49; December 14, 2006
A Real Choice - Vol. 6, Issue 48; December 7, 2006
That Time of Year - Vol. 6, Issue 47; November 30, 2006
End the Wait - Vol. 6, Issue 46; November 16, 2006
Reversing Course - Vol. 6, Issue 45; November 9, 2006
Punishing Thrift - Vol. 6, Issue 44; November 2, 2006
Unfair Treatment - Vol. 6, Issue 43; October 26, 2006
Wrong, Wrong, Wrong - Vol. 6, Issue 42; October 19, 2006
The 411 - Vol. 6, Issue 41; October 12, 2006
Reality Check - Vol. 6, Issue 40; October 5, 2006
Coverage, Not Cost Controls, for the Mentally Ill - Vol. 6, Issue 39; September 28, 2006
The Expanding Doughnut Hole - Vol. 6, Issue 38; September 21, 2006
Managing Our Meds - Vol. 6, Issue 37; September 14, 2006
Stop Downgrading Wheelchair Coverage - Vol. 6, Issue 36; September 7, 2006
Running the Numbers - Vol. 6, Issue 35; August 31, 2006
A Part D Refund - Vol. 6, Issue 34; August 24, 2006
Who's Complaining? - Vol. 6, Issue 33; August 17, 2006
Listen Up! - Vol. 6, Issue 32; August 10, 2006
What Are We Paying For? - Vol. 6, Issue 31; August 3, 2006
Time to Act for Independence - Vol. 6, Issue 30; July 27, 2006
People Struggle to Afford Their Drugs While Pharmaceutical Companies Rake in Billions - Vol. 6, Issue 29; July 20, 2006
Explaining the Unexplainable - Vol. 6, Issue 28; July 13, 2006
Ring Ring! - Vol. 6, Issue 27; July 6, 2006
Stop HMO Lock-in - Vol. 6, Issue 26; June 29, 2006
The Widening Gap - Vol. 6, Issue 25; June 22, 2006
Choices- Vol. 6, Issue 24; June 15, 2006
Still Waiting- Vol. 6, Issue 23; June 8, 2006
Three Stories- Vol. 6, Issue 22; June 1, 2006
Make Your Voice Heard - Vol. 6, Issue 21; May 25, 2006
Eliminate the Asset Test - Vol. 6, Issue 20; May 18, 2006
Not Ready for Lock-In - Vol. 6, Issue 19; May 11, 2006
Enough is Enough - Vol. 6, Issue 18; May 4, 2006
Testify - Vol. 6, Issue 17; April 27, 2006
It's Up to Congress - Vol. 6, Issue 16; April 20, 2006
C.E.A.S.E. the Mythmaking - Vol. 6, Issue 15; April 13,2006
With Authority Comes Responsibility - Vol. 6, Issue 14; April 6, 2006
The Cruelest Month?- Vol. 6, Issue 13; March 30, 2006
Forced Isolation- Vol. 6, Issue 12; March 23, 2006
This Is Only a Test- Vol. 6, Issue 11; March 16, 2006
A Blind Eye- Vol. 6, Issue 10; March 9, 2006
A Medicare Drug Benefit- Vol. 6, Issue 9; March 2, 2006
Help to Lift Restrictions on Mental Health Drugs- Vol. 6, Issue 8; February 23, 2006
There You Go Again- Vol. 6, Issue 7; February 16, 2006
Bush Budget Could Gut Medicare- Vol. 6, Issue 6; February 9,2006
Promises, and Prescription Unfulfilled- Vol. 6, Issue 5; February 2, 2006
The Part D Lottery- Vol. 6, Issue 4; January 26,2006
Wouldn’t You Like to Know - Vol. 6, Issue 3; January 19, 2006
Follow the Leader - Vol. 6, Issue 2; January 12, 2006
Never Again - Vol. 6, Issue 1; January 5,2006
