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Medicare for Individuals with Disabilities Who Work
After premium-free Medicare coverage ends due to work, some individuals who have returned to work may buy continued Medicare coverage, as long as they are still medically disabled. Learn more about Medicare eligibility and the kind of Medicare coverage you can buy after going back to work.
Ask Medicare - Information to Help You Care for Others
March/April 2009 Ask Medicare newsletter with information on subjects including Advance Directives; Help Paying for Drug Coverage; and the National Caregivers Library. This link opens a PDF document.
Ask Medicare Caregiver Initiative
Provides information, tools and materials to assist the caregiver and their loved ones in making informed health care decisions.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services News
Recent news and events from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Frequently Asked Questions about Medicaid & Medicare
Answers to commonly-asked questions from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Hospital Compare
This tool provides information on how well hospitals care for all their adult patients relating to certain conditions or procedures. This information will help you compare the quality of care hospitals provide.
How Does Work Affect My Medicare and/or Medicaid?
Information from the Social Security Administration (SSA) on how working may impact you if you receive Medicare or Medicaid.
Insurance & Medicare
Information from the Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Resource Center to help people with disabilities and their family members understand government health care benefit programs.
Medicare & You 2009
The federal government's official handbook on Medicare. The link opens a PDF document.
Medicare - Stay Healthy
Consumer-oriented health news and information on new Medicare preventive benefits.
Medicare Basics: A Guide for Families & Friends of People with Medicare
Provides information related to the health and care of a person with Medicare, including planning for future health care decisions, navigating Medicare, health care choices and billing. This link opens a PDF document.
Medicare Coverage of Mental Health Services
A discussion of Medicare coverage for hospitalization, partial hospitalization, outpatient services and home health services.
Medicare Information
Information on the Medicare program including plan choices, contacts and publications.
Medicare Modernization Act (MMA)
Information from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regarding implementation of MMA benefits and reforms. Reforms under the MMA include more affordable health care, prescription drug coverage to all people with Medicare, expanded health plan options, improved health care access for rural Americans and preventive care services.
Medicare Part D Low Income Subsidy
Provides information about eligibility for financial assistance with paying Part D premiums, deductibles and copayments. This link opens a Word document.
Medicare Personal Plan Finder
Provides a list of Medicare health plan choices in the geographic area you specify, along with benefit descriptions and other information to help you choose the plan that's best for you.
Medicare Savings Programs
Information about special Medicaid programs for certain eligible Medicare beneficiaries who are low income. Coverage may help pay for all or part of the Medicare premiums, deductibles and coinsurance. This link opens a Word document.
Medigap Policies
Information from the Department of Health and Human Services regarding Medigap policies - health insurance sold by private insurance companies to fill the "gaps" in Original Medicare Plan coverage.
National Center for Benefits Outreach & Enrollment
Helps organizations enroll seniors and younger adults with disabilities with limited means into the benefits programs for which they are eligible so that they can remain healthy and improve the quality of their lives.
National Medicare Education Program
Information about Medicare and Medicare + Choice Plans.
Navigating Medicare & Medicaid: Resource Guides for People with Disabilities, Their Families & Their Advocates
Guides developed by the Kaiser Family Foundation explain the role of Medicare and Medicaid for the roughly 20 million children, adults and seniors with disabilities.
New CMS Initiative to Help Caregivers
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched Ask Medicare, a new initiative to help family caregivers access valuable health care information, services and resources.
Nursing Home Compare
Provides detailed information on health plans, nursing homes, Medigap policies, contacts and Medicare.
Social Security Administration's (SSA) Medicare Information
Includes general information on Medicare and related resources for working beneficiaries with disabilities.
State Health Insurance Programs (SHIP)
This Web site lists The State Health Insurance Assistance Programs (SHIP) in every state and several territories. SHIP counselors are available to provide free one-on-one help with Medicare questions or problems.
Your Medicare Card
If your Medicare card is lost, stolen or damaged, you can ask for a new one by phone or online.
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