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	<title>Medicare and More &#187; part d</title>
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		<title>Your Medicare Choices</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2012/04/05/your-medicare-choices-2/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2012/04/05/your-medicare-choices-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:35:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are turning 65 in the next few months, you have choices to make concerning your Medicare coverage.  Do you think a Medicare Supplement will be better coverage? Will you consider enrolling in a Medicare Advantage plan? If you&#8217;re still working and have employer coverage, do you even need to enroll in Medicare? Here is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The future of Medicare:  Ryancare?</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2012/03/22/the-future-of-medicare-ryancare/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2012/03/22/the-future-of-medicare-ryancare/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I was talking with a client who has a Medicare supplement Plan F and a stand-alone Part D plan.  Kathy was telling me how tough things are financially now that her husband, who is 70, got laid off from his job. Kathy and her husband are living on their Social Security, and their combined [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Part D 2012:   Small Premium Increases</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2011/10/01/part-d-2012-small-premium-increases/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2011/10/01/part-d-2012-small-premium-increases/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2011 15:20:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/?p=543</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Medicare.gov Plan Finder has 2012 information available, and there will be 30 stand-alone Part D plans sold in Arizona next year. From a quick review of 2012 Part D plans, it looks like the two most popular stand-alone plans increased their monthly premiums by less than one dollar. (I can&#8217;t mention the names of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medicare&#8217;s Budget Problems: Part D</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2011/07/26/medicares-budget-problems-part-d/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2011/07/26/medicares-budget-problems-part-d/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 14:37:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[medicare budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicare costs]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/?p=479</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In 2010, Part D drug coverage made up 13.4% of the Medicare budget, or $68 billion. So even with seniors paying premiums for their Part D plans that ranged from $1o to $90 per month, Medicare still paid out $68 billion in 2010 to subsidize their drug costs. Bruce Bartlett, who worked in the Treasury [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medicare Drug Costs on the Rise</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2011/03/18/medicare-drug-costs-on-the-rise/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2011/03/18/medicare-drug-costs-on-the-rise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/?p=321</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Prescription drug spending in the United States totaled $250 billion in 2009.  $78 billion of the total was spent by the federal government, or one of every three dollars.   During negotiations over health care reform, drug companies agreed to give a 50% discount on their brand drugs to seniors who go into the Part D [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Part D and The Deficit</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2011/02/28/part-d-and-the-deficit/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2011/02/28/part-d-and-the-deficit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:18:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[medicare and social security]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/?p=317</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I wanted to find the cost to Medicare for Part D, the drug plan for Medicare beneficiaries that went into effect in 2006.  I googled &#8220;Part D Medicare budget&#8221; and got very good information. In 2010, Part D made up 13.4% of the Medicare budget, or 68 billion dollars.  So even with seniors paying premiums [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medicare Advantage Selling Season</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2010/11/18/medicare-advantage-selling-season/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2010/11/18/medicare-advantage-selling-season/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 17:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[arizona medicare advantage]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/?p=261</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The race is on!  People on Medicare and Medicare Advantage plans have until the end of the year to change their coverage.  Medicare Advantage plans are mailing marketing materials to seniors, inviting them to seminars, and selling the benefits of their Medicare Advantage plans. Yesterday I met with a man who was my first client [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Medicare Advantage: Important Questions</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2010/10/06/medicare-advantage-important-questions/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2010/10/06/medicare-advantage-important-questions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 15:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/?p=236</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Medicare Advantage shopping season is upon us.  Seniors have heard about major changes coming to Medicare Advantage and they are trying to figure out what to do about their Medicare Advantage plan for 2011.  I have attended training with each of the Medicare Advantage plans offered in southern Arizona and, at first glance, there aren&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seniors Beware: Cold Calls from Insurance Agents</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2010/09/09/seniors-beware-cold-calls-from-insurance-agents/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2010/09/09/seniors-beware-cold-calls-from-insurance-agents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/?p=214</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Insurance agents who make a living enrolling seniors in Medicare Advantage plans are gearing up for the Medicare Annual Election Period which runs from November 15th to December 31st.  This is the period during which seniors and younger Medicare beneficiaries can change their Medicare Advantage plan or their Part D drug plan. People with only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Part D Rebate Checks in the Mail: Beware of Scams</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2010/06/14/part-d-rebate-checks-in-the-mail-beware-of-scams/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2010/06/14/part-d-rebate-checks-in-the-mail-beware-of-scams/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seniors who have gone into the Part D donut hole will be getting a check from Social Security for $250, and scam artists are using this news to their advantage.  Apparently, crooks have been calling seniors telling them they need to provide personal information in order to get the $250 rebate check.  In fact, seniors [...]]]></description>
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