Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage

The AARP Guide to Understanding Medicare Drug Coverage
Medicare enrollment season begins soon. While Medicare is intended to help, the rules and processes around drug plans can be confusing, whether you are enrolling yourself or your loved ones. Let our web guide help!

AARP MedicareRx Publications Order Form
Order any of our free booklets about the Medicare Prescription Drug Plans.

How Much Will Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage Cost and What Will I Get in Return?
Learn about how Medicare's drug coverage works, the coverage it provides and how much you can expect to pay in yearly premiums and deductibles.

Medicare Advantage: How Does It Relate?
This law makes major changes to Medicare--one of which includes altering the program that deals with private health plans in Medicare, known as Medicare+Choice.

Medicare Drug Coverage for People with Retiree Coverage
If your retiree health plan includes drug coverage, there are decisions to be made.

Medicare Drug Coverage Introduction
Medicare offers insurance coverage to help pay the cost of prescription drugs.

Medicare Interactive Counselor
Medicare Interactive Counselor is a helpful tool from Medicare Rights Center, designed to answer your questions about Medicare.

Medicare Rx Educational Guide
Learn how to choose from many private plans approved by Medicare, what the cost and benefits are, whether you qualify for extra help and much more.

Quick Medicare Part D Enrollment Checklist
Use this enrollment checklist and medications chart to get started on selecting a Medicare Rx plan.

State-Specific Fact Sheets: Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage and Other Drug Assistance Programs in the States
As a result of the passage of Medicare Part D, state drug assistance programs are changing. These fact sheets explain how the various drug programs within the states will work with the new Medicare prescription drug plans.

Supplemental Fact Sheets: The New Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit
This series of fact sheets complements AARP's free educational guide ("What You Need to Know") and publication for people with limited incomes ("Extra Help"), providing more in-depth information about the new Medicare prescription drug coverage.