Medicare/Health Care
- Understanding Medicare — PowerPoint presentation by the Centers on Medicare and Medicaid Services (5/2007)
- Options for Employers to Provide Retiree Coverage Post-Implementation of Medicare Part D — PowerPoint presentation by Kathryn Bakich, The Segal Company (3/2006)
- Prospects for Retiree Health Benefits as Medicare Drug Coverage Begins — PowerPoint presentation by Frank McArdle, Hewitt Associates, and Tricia Neuman, Kaiser Family Foundation (2/2006)
- The New Medicare Drug Law: Employer and Union Plan Options for Providing Retiree Drug Plans in 2006 and Beyond — PowerPoint presentation; Centers on Medicare and Medicaid Services (5/2005)
- The Medicare Part D Benefit, Payment, & Coordination of Benefits — PowerPoint presentation: Rebecca Paul, Medicare Plan Policy Group, Center for Beneficiary Choices (5/26/2005)
- Medicare Modernization Act: Overview of Employer & Union Plan Sponsor Options — PowerPoint presentation; Centers on Medicare and Medicaid Services (7/28/2005)
- What's in the Mail?: Overview of Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage Beneficiary Communications — PowerPoint presentation (8/25/2005)
- What's In the Mail?: Follow-Up List of Online Resources (8/25/2005)
- Eligibility and Enrollment in the Medicare Prescription Drug Program — PowerPoint presentation: Danielle Moon, Acting Deputy Director, Medicare Enrollment and Appeals Group, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (10/27/2005)
- CMS Web Tools for the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit — PowerPoint presentation by Thomas Dudley, MS, RN, Division of Website Project Management, Beneficiary Information Services Group, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (11/21/2005)
- An Overview of Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Benefits for Seniors — AFSCME, PDF
- Medicare Part D Drug Coverage: What Do AFSCME Retirees Need to Know? — AFSCME
- The New Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit — AFSCME
- What's In the 2003 Medicare Modernization Act? — AFSCME
- The Conversation: Talking With Your Aging Parents About Medicare and Other Health Care Issues — AFSCME, PDF
- Medicare
- Medicare & You (PDF format)
- Medicare Participating Physicians Directory
- Medicare Plan Choices — Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Health Insurance Information, Counseling and Assistance — New York State Office on Aging
- Kaiser Family Foundation Medicare Page
- The Medicare Rx Clearinghouse — AFSCME
- Hard to Swallow: Older Americans and the High Cost of Prescription Drugs — AFSCME
- Families USA: Medicare
- Families USA: Prescription Drugs
- Fair Drug Prices.org
- Resources on the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit — Kaiser Family Foundation
- Prescription Drug Costs and Medicare — Kaiser Family Foundation
- Medicare Prescription Drug Calculator — Kaiser Family Foundation
- 2005 Prescription Drug State Legislation — National Conference of State Legislatures
- Medicare Resource Center — Medicare Part D, National Community Pharmacists Association
- Analyses of Medicare Prescription Drug and Reform Legislation — Congressional Budget Office
- InfoAging.org — American Federation for Aging Research; geriatric medicine
- Staying Fit: A Guide to Physical Activity for AFSCME Retirees — AFSCME
- Merck Manual of Geriatrics (3rd edition)
- NIH Senior Health
- Questions & Answers on Advance Directives for End-of-Life Medical Treatment — AFSCME
- Consumer’s Tool Kit for Health Care Advance Planning — American Bar Association
- SeniorDrivers.org — AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety
- Physician's Guide to Assessing and Counseling Older Drivers — American Medical Association