Ruppersberger Holds Congressional Forum on Medicare’s New Prescription Drug Benefit Program

(Edgewood, MD)- Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Maryland 2nd) held a Congressional Forum on Medicare’s New Prescription Drug Benefit Program on Friday, December 2, 2005 at the Edgewood Senior Center in Harford County. 

The new prescription drug benefit available through Medicare began January 1, 2006, but Seniors can continue to enroll in the new program until May 15, 2006.  Many Maryland Seniors still have lots of questions.  Congressman Ruppersberger, Harford County Executive David Craig, and a team of Medicare experts helped Seniors navigate through the program’s guidelines and determine which plan is right for them if they have not already chosen one. 

“Seniors have worked hard, raised their families, and paid their taxes.  They deserve a prescription drug benefit that allows them to buy medicines they need at a reasonable price so they can stay healthy and enjoy their golden years,” said Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD).   

For more information about the new Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit, go to www.medicare.gov.

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