06/19/08 - SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT FILED IN MEDICARE PART D CASE: Situ v. Leavitt Seeks to ensure that dual eligibles receive the full benefits of Part D.

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.

07/02/08 - Medicare Part D and people who are "medically needy".

06/30/08 - July 1, 2008 will be a sad day for Medicare beneficiaries.

06/26/08 - CMS plans to rank nursing homes by the end of 2008, but there are concerns about the proposed five-star rating system for nursing facilities.

05/15/08 - Center for Medicare Advocacy Report on Nursing Home Decisions Highlights Need for Serious Penalties

05/08/08 - Processes for some Durable Medical Equipment are going to start changing in July 2008 under the new competitive bidding program for suppliers for certain Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS).

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".