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Family Care Council Communication:

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Bob Wessels

Employment Coordinator, Community Outreach, FCC Liaison

Agency for Persons with Disabilities

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MEDICARE’S ONLINE TOOLS WILL HELP BENEFICIARIES WITH PRESCRIPTION DRUG AND

HEALTH PLAN CHOICES FOR 2009

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced that

beneficiaries, their caregivers, and family members can begin to review

2009 Medicare prescription drug plan and health plan information online

through the Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Finder and Medicare Options

Compare at www.medicare.gov.

“This year it is especially important, now and throughout the upcoming open

enrollment period, for beneficiaries to use our online tools to compare

their current drug and health plan coverage to the options available for

2009 and take action to choose a plan that best meets their needs,†said

CMS Acting Administrator Kerry Weems. “Some beneficiaries may see

significant premium increases or changes, such as reduced coverage in the

gap, if they stay in the same prescription drug plan in 2009. Yet, almost

97 percent of beneficiaries enrolled in a stand-alone prescription drug

plan (PDP) will have access to Medicare drug and health plans in 2009 whose

premiums would be the same or less than their coverage in 2008.â€

Beneficiaries will find contact information for their state’s SHIPs in

their handbook or at

http://www.medicare.gov/Contacts/Include/DataSection/Results/Results.asp?languag\

e=English & Organizations=F%7CSHIP+--+State+Health+Insurance+Assistance+Program & St\

ate=Select+All+States & Type=ORGANIZATION

..

For more information and to view the plan finder tool please visit:

http://www.medicare.gov/MPDPF.

The LIS Outreach Toolkit can be accessed at:

http://www.cms.hhs.gov/limitedincomeandresources/

To read more of the CMS press release issued today click here:

http://www.cms.hhs.gov/apps/media/press_releases.asp

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