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		<title>Help for Medicare Costs</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2013/04/27/help-for-medicare-costs/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2013/04/27/help-for-medicare-costs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 18:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Low-income Medicare beneficiaries get help with their Medicare Part B premium and their prescription drug costs.  Income levels that qualify for help have been raised for 2013. Anyone on Medicare with monthly income below $1,313 (individual) or $1,765 (married couple) can get help through the Medicare Savings Program, which is funded by the federal government, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help with Medicare Costs</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2013/02/26/help-with-medicare-costs-3/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2013/02/26/help-with-medicare-costs-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:32:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[medicare extra help]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicare part d help]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are two ways to apply for help with Medicare costs and prescription drugs. A person on Medicare can apply through the state Medicaid Program or go through Social Security. I recently helped a lady apply for help through the Social Security website, SSA.gov. Within two weeks she got a letter telling her she qualifies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fiscal Cliff bill funds Medicare QI-1 program for 2013.</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2013/01/01/fiscal-cliff-bill-funds-medicare-qi-1-program-for-2013/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2013/01/01/fiscal-cliff-bill-funds-medicare-qi-1-program-for-2013/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2013 19:41:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[area office on aging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiscal cliff and medicare]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[medicare doctor payment cuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicare extra help]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy New Year!  I read the bill the U.S. Senate passed on New Year&#8217;s eve, and it includes an extension of funding for the QI-1  program. The QI-1 program pays the Medicare Part B premium for people with monthly income below $1,277 (individual) or $1,723 (a married couple). (See more details at the bottom of this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medicare Open Enrollment ends this Friday, Dec. 7</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2012/12/04/medicare-open-enrollment-ends-friday-dec-7/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2012/12/04/medicare-open-enrollment-ends-friday-dec-7/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[medicare extra help]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicare help tucson]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[tucson medicare advantage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tucson medicare choice]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone who is already on Medicare and wants to join or change a Medicare Advantage plan, or a Part D plan, must do so by this Friday, December 7th. If you are happy with your current Medicare coverage, you don&#8217;t have to do anything. Your Medicare Advantage plan, or your Part D plan will roll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do you need Medicare Part B?</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2012/05/07/do-you-need-medicare-part-b/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2012/05/07/do-you-need-medicare-part-b/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 14:48:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[medicare extra help]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[medicrae agent]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have met two women in the last two months who told me they are over 65 and collecting Social Security – but they are not enrolled in Medicare Part B because they can’t afford it. Can’t afford it??? I told them both that, without Part B, they don’t have health insurance &#8211; and if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Need help with Medicare costs?  Move to Connecticut!</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2011/08/16/need-help-with-medicare-costs-move-to-connecticut/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2011/08/16/need-help-with-medicare-costs-move-to-connecticut/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 13:55:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[help with medicare costs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[medicare connecticut]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicare costs connecticut]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicare extra help]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicare help connecticut]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Part D donut hole]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[part d help]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[turning 65 medicare tucson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m in Connecticut visiting friends and family and enjoying the cool rain. A friend who is on Medicare was bemoaning her high drug costs and going into the donut hole, so I did a little research to see if she could qualify for help from the state of Connecticut. I was shocked by what I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medicare Voices: video</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2011/08/01/medicare-voices-video/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2011/08/01/medicare-voices-video/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:50:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[medicare extra help]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been talking to seniors about their thoughts on Medicare, the debate over making changes to the program, and what Medicare means to them. I thought it would be interesting to see and hear seniors talk about Medicare.]]></description>
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