President Bush Takes the Stage for Medicare Education

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What's Happening with the new Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit?

The Epilepsy Foundation has been working with the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services about the implementation for each phase of the new prescription drug benefit mandated by the Medicare Modernization Act. This is the fourth part in our Medicare updates with information about the Medicare prescription drug benefit.

On June 17, 2005, the Administration released the following announcements and videocast on Medicare and we pass it along in its entirety for your information and assistance in answering inquiries about the new benefit.

President Bush takes the stage... for Medicare Education

Today, President Bush, joined by Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt and CMS Administrator Dr. Mark McClellan, kicked off the "Medicare Covers America" campaign at the Hubert Humphrey Federal Building in Washington, D.C. This event launched a new stage in our national effort to get comprehensive drug coverage to the more than 42 million people with Medicare who need help paying for their prescription drugs.
A live web cast of the Press Conference can be viewed at http://videocast.nih.gov
A message from CMS Administrator, Dr. Mark McClellan

"Get the word out - far and wide."
As you know, Medicare is partnering with many state and local organizations, patient advocacy groups and pharmacies to give people with Medicare good information and good advice about Medicare's new drug coverage before it takes effect on January 1, 2006. This new help is available to everyone with Medicare, no matter how they pay for their drugs today, and extra help is available for those with limited resources.
Please join us in this grassroots education effort by forwarding this email notice to other organizations that share our commitment to helping millions of America’s seniors and people with a disability with their prescription drug costs. For outreach resource materials and partner information, please visit our website "Partner Center".
While detailed information from Plans will not be available until October 2005, educational information is available from Medicare now! For more information on who can get extra help with prescription drug costs and how to apply, call the Social Security Administration at 1-800-772-1213, or visit http://www.socialsecurity.gov on the web. TTY users should call 1-800-325-0778.
Please see the White House Fact Sheet on Medicare and Department of Health and Human Services New Medicare Benefits and Choices Fact Sheet. The White House has created a special website on the White House web page to support Medicare education and outreach surrounding the new Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit. You can visit the website. To view the President's remarks, please visit http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/06/20050616-6.html.

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