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There’s an old saying, “the squeaky wheel gets the grease.” Well I became the squeaky wheel regarding the denial of a 30 day temporary prescription fill by AdvantraRx, our Medicare Part D provider.
First, our complaint was filed with Medicare and I cannot stress enough for anyone who has ANY issue with ANY provider of [...]

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by Mary Jane Stern
Just the other day I started writing a blog about AdvantraRx our Medicare Part D provider for 2009 and 2010.  This year, 2010, they reclassified a drug my husband takes as a Step Therapy (ST) drug and would not honor his prescription unless he took another medication or paid for the drug [...]

by Mary Jane Stern
After an ongoing audit, on March 09, 2010, Medicare announced they terminated their contract with Fox Insurance Company effective immediately:
“The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today terminated its contract with Fox Insurance Company.   After an onsite review of the plan and its services, CMS determined that the plan’s significant deficiencies [...]

By Mary Jane Stern

Now Legal To Buy Canada Prescription Drugs Cautiously
Wow great new from the US Senate.  They passed a bill making it legal to purchase prescription drugs from Canada over the Internet here in the USA.

Extra Eldercare Help for Prescription Drugs
The Medicare Prescription Drug program gives you a choice of different plans with [...]

by Mary Jane Stern

It has been reported there will be no COLA (Cost of Living Adjustment) for 2010 and you would hope there would no increases in other areas of Medicare premiums for your healthcare.  But, in a press release from CMS, August 14, 2009, premiums for Part D will rise in 2010.

What [...]

by Mary Jane Stern

Medicare Part D offers a Low Income Subsidy (LIS) or extra help to pay for part of the costs associated with the
plan.  The Part D costs include your deductible, premium and copayments.  Some beneficiaries may qualify for all or a partial subsidy.
Of course this isn’t easy to understand because each state [...]

by Mary Jane Stern
Have you been watching all of the statements being made about the changes in Medicare if healthcare reform is passed? Do you believe them?
Some of the statements being made are just cruel and inhuman.  It’s like what Sarah Palin, Senator Grassley wrote and said about how President Obama is going to setup [...]

by Mary Jane Stern
One very time consuming project during the 2008 open enrollment was finding a new Medicare Part D plan.  I began by using Medicare’s site so I could find all the stand alone plans in my state.  This was good and got all the plans and the premiums.  But, after finding the plans [...]