It's time for those Part D "Extra Help" notices: what Medicare low-income beneficiaries should expect and do.

Despite unfair subsidies, private Medicare plans do not offer better health outcomes.

Center for Medicare Advocacy executive director Judith Stein testifies before Congress regarding Medicare Part D.  Read the full testimony.

HR 6331, legislation to help doctors, older people, and people with disabilities, has passed! Check out our recent Weekly Alerts for a more detailed look.

Would you like answers to all your Medicare questions in one complete reference book? The 2008 Medicare Handbook is available from Aspen Publishing.

Need a quick fact about Medicare?  Check out our Statistics page, updated for 2008.

Medicare Part D continues to confuse, but here is a concise summary of the 2008 Part D Benefit, with details for Connecticut residents.

SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT FILED IN MEDICARE PART D CASE: Situ v. Leavitt Seeks to ensure that dual eligibles receive the full benefits of Part D.  The Order Preliminarily Approving the Settlement, with instructions for class members, and the Notice of Proposed Settlement of Class Action and of Fairness Hearing, are
also available.

Center for Medicare Advocacy Report on Nursing Home Decisions Highlights Need for Serious Penalties

Medicare Actuary Reports to Congress: End Overpayments to Private Plans to Keep Medicare Solvent

The Medicare Trustees have issued another gloomy report.  Why not end these doomsday predictions once and for all?  Where there's the will, there's the way! 

The Medicare 45% Trigger: What it is and Why it Matters.

A little known, arbitrary rule in the Medicare Act of 2003 could mean big cuts to Medicare, our nation's most successful social program.

Center News (.pdf) explores the risks of Medicare privatization.  Learn more about Medicare financing in the recent Kaiser Family Foundation issue brief (.pdf). 

Private Profits Come First: Law Continues Wasteful Medicare Subsidies to Private Corporations.

Judith Stein and Senator Christopher J. Dodd OpEd: "The Wrong Way To Fix Medicare".