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Tuesday, November 10 at 10:00am
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Updated Fact Sheets
4 November 2009, 4:07 pm |
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CMC Teleconference, November 10th: Medicare Updates 2010: The Landscape of Plans in California and the Upcoming Annual Coordinated Election Period
22 October 2009, 2:22 pm |
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2010 California Medicare Advantage Plans - PDF
9 October 2009, 11:04 am |
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Medicare Advocates Applaud CMS Efforts to Keep Politics in its Place
25 September 2009, 10:49 am |
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Comments on CMS' Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Manual
17 September 2009, 10:24 am |
California Health Advocates
The House will likely vote on their historic health care bill tomorrow. Now is the time to call your Representative in Washington and make sure they know you stand for quality, affordable health care for all.
Here's a NYTimes article with the latest updates
Source: www.nytimes.com
Vote counters say they are confident they will have the numbers when the House floor vote begins Saturday.
California Health Advocates If you're feeling stressed, remember that laughter is really one of our best forms of medicine...and it's simple, free, fun, and everyone can do it! Here's a website with some good information on laughter and a form of yoga called Laughter Yoga.
Source: www.laughteryoga.org
Laughter Yoga International - A life changing experience
California Health Advocates We just posted an updated 14-slide power point presentation on the Medicare marketing regulations for Medicare Advantage and Part D prescription drug plans. This presentation incorporates the changes last year due to MIPPA and recent changes made this year in 2009. It's the last item listed under Tools & Resources.
Source: www.cahealthadvocates.org
We offer workshops addressing major topics in Medicare. These workshops are specifically designed for professionals who serve Medicare beneficiaries. Please use the Workshop Request Form and indicate your ...
California Health Advocates Here's an informative report on the some of the numerous challenges people who are non-native English speakers face in receiving quality health care and in many cases, even getting access to care.
Source: www.californiahealthline.org
Mary Masland of UC-Berkeley, Rachel Mutrux of the Missouri Telehealth Network, Margaret O'Kane of NCQA and Gayle Tang of Kaiser Permanente discussed intercultural communication challenges with California Healthline.
California Health Advocates Here's an update on the health-care reform bill House Speaker Nancy Pelosion is presenting today. It includes a government insurance option and a historic expansion of Medicaid, and is expected to cost about $900 billion over 10 years, down from the original estimate of $1.04 trillion. The bill will in part be funded by surcharges on wealthy tax payers and changes to Medicaid and Medicare.
Source: www.washingtonpost.com
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will unveil a health-care reform bill on Thursday that includes a government insurance option and a historic expansion of Medicaid, although sticking points in the legislation involving abortion and immigration remain unresolved.
California Health Advocates Here's also an article talking about Generations Online (GOL) -- reference in the post below.
Source: www.shiptalk.org
According to a Kaiser Family Foundation survey, as the Internet becomes an increasingly important resource for informing decisions about health, only 21percent of seniors aged 65 years and older have gone online to look for health information. ...
California Health Advocates Generations Online (GOL) has created a tool to help assist elders use Medicare's online Prescription Drug Plan Finder tool. As only about 21% of people 65 and older have gone online to use such tools, this tool helps walk people who may otherwise feel intimidated on how to use Medicare's online tool. While their website was created in 2005, info is still pertinent...
Source: www.golmedicare.org
California Health Advocates
David Lipschutz, Staff Attorney with California Health Advocates, will provide an overview of the Part D and Medicare Advantage plan offerings in California for 2010, discuss the upcoming Annual Corrdinated Election Period (ACEP), and reference several additional changes in Medicare rules that will take effect in 2010.... There will also be updates from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Social Security, Q & A and an open discussion.
Please RSVP to Jasmine Suo by November 9, 2009 at jsuo@cahealthadvocates.org.
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Please RSVP to Jasmine Suo by November 9, 2009 at jsuo@cahealthadvocates.org.
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California Medicare Coalition Statewide Teleconference
Time:10:00AM Tuesday, November 10th
Location:call-in
California Health Advocates Here’s a link to an article on stopping In Home Support Services (IHSS) cuts. The temporary restraining order is now a preliminary injunction.
Source: www.californiahealthline.org
Yesterday, U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting California's In-Home Supportive Services program from dropping participants or reducing services. Wilken also ordered ...
California Health Advocates On Friday, the White House decided not to enforce a ban on insurance company mailings to seniors claiming that Medicare benefits would be cut drastically if health care legislation is enacted. CMS had placed a ban on Humana & other Medicare Advantage plans in Sept. from sending enrollees political messages about health reform. See article.
Source: www.nytimes.com
The Obama administration backed away from an order blocking communications about the possible loss of benefits under pending legislation to overhaul the health care system.
California Health Advocates Here's an imformative rap on Youtube regarding our current health care debate. --Performed by two advcate friends...
Source: www.youtube.com
A rap satire on the lies and disinformation in the health care debate as performed by two angry elders -- one the rapper and the other the drummer.
California Health Advocates Bonnie Burns, our Training and Policy Specialist, was quoted in a great news article for consumers on Medigap policies.
Source: www.nytimes.com
Consumer advocates urge retirees to find the health care plan that suits them when supplementing Medicare.
California Health Advocates At our bi-annual HICAP/California Dept. on Aging Conference yesterday, David Lipschutz, our Staff Attorney, presented a landscape summary of Californian's 2010 Medicare Advantage plans. You can download a summary (PDF) on our website.
Source: www.cahealthadvocates.org
California Health Advocates
Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius and Assistant Attorney General Tony West will highlight the Obama Administration’s work to fight Medicare Fraud and release new tips and information to help seniors and Medicare beneficiaries deter, detect and defend against Medical identity theft. Medical identi...ty theft occurs when someone steals a patient’s personal information, such as his or her name and Medicare number, and uses the information to obtain medical care, to buy drugs or supplies, or to fraudulently bill Medicare using that patient’s stolen identity.Read More
Time:1:30PM Thursday, October 15th
Location:www.StopMedicareFraud.com
California Health Advocates
ABC News highlights CHA's nationally recognized Senior Medicare Patrol Project (SMP) http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/video?id=705
Source: abclocal.go.com
Medicare fraud is now one of the fastest growing crimes in Southern California.
