For people with questions about their Medicare benefits,
including how to apply, what is covered, options under Medicare,
and other general information, answers are readily available on
the Medicare website, www.medicare.gov.
Should you have difficulties with your Medicare benefits, you
may print out Senator Kyl's Privacy
Act Consent form, complete it, and send it to his Phoenix
or Tucson office with supporting documentation.
Your coverage may be under the purview of the Arizona
State Department of Insurance, the Pension
and Welfare Benefits Division of the U. S. Department of Labor
(ERISA or self-insured plans), or the state
AHCCCS program. Although most of the options are not federally
administered, Senator Kyl is able to forward your concern to the
appropriate agency for response. Print out Senator Kyl's Privacy
Act Consent form, complete it, and send it to his Phoenix
or Tucson office with supporting documentation.
For those of you who are uninsured, Senator Kyl
has information to help you obtain coverage, locate the nearest
community health center or sliding-scale fee clinic where you
may receive care, or find other assistance. You may contact his
Phoenix or Tucson office for help.
Senator Kyl has voted to double spending at the
National Institutes of Health (NIH) during the five year period
which ended in 2002, and has supported further increases in research funding every year since then. He believes that the experts and scientists
at the NIH are best able to decide how to spend the funding dollars.
NIH
funding figures are available for the current three year period.
Should you want information on specific disease-research studies,
print out Senator Kyl's Privacy
Act Consent form, complete it, and send it to his Phoenix
office with your specific request and documentation.
“My wife’s claim for a doctor’s
visit was denied by Medicare. Can the Senator look into this?”
With proper authorization from the constituent,
Senator Kyl can contact Medicare Part B and ask why the claim
was denied. Some denials are due to billing and coding errors,
while others may simply be cases of non-covered services. There
is an established procedure for requesting a reconsideration or
appeal, and Senator Kyl's staff can help you through the process.
“Medicare will not approve a request for
a wheelchair that I really need. What can the Senator do?”
Senator Kyl can contact Noridian,
the agency which processes durable medical equipment claims for
Arizona, and obtain coverage criteria, as well as get the reason
for denial.
"I signed up for Medicare, but Medicare
does not show that I am enrolled. Can Senator Kyl help?”
Senator Kyl can contact the Social
Security Administration, the agency responsible for enrolling
people into Medicare, and assure that the information has been
passed along to the Medicare program.
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