Medicare Drug Plan Advice Offered on NET Television
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 How does the Medicare prescription drug plan work?
Who can get coverage? How does one sign-up?
In November of last year, Medicare recipients began enrolling for the new Medicare D prescription drug plan which went into effect the beginning of 2006. But to date, a number of Nebraska Medicare beneficiaries have not yet enrolled.
If you have questions about this plan be sure to tune in for some answers when "Medicare Drug Plan: A Nebraska Connects Special" airs Tuesday, April 18, at 8 p.m. CT, repeating Sunday, April 23, at 7 p.m. CT on NET1.
Hosted by NET Television's Mike Tobias, the hour-long program features a panel of experts, including: Mary Hammond, a Norfolk, Neb., pharmacist; Dick Nelson, Nebraska Health and Human Services System; Jina Ragland, coordinator of the Nebraska Department of Insurance SHIIP program (Senior Health Insurance Information Program); and Averil Savery, a Lincoln resident who talks about her experiences signing up for Medicare Part D.
Among the topics discussed are an overview of the Medicare Part D benefits; what to look for in a drug plan; extra assistance for low income beneficiaries and advice for low income elderly on both Medicare and Medicaid; knowing your rights as a consumer and how to identify fraud and abuse problems; and where people can go for assistance.
There will also be several broadcasts of the program on NET2, including: Saturday, April 22, at 9 a.m. CT; Tuesday, April 25, at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. CT; Wednesday, April 26, at 8 p.m. CT; Saturday, April 29, at noon and 3 p.m. CT; and Sunday, April 30, at 6 a.m. CT.
"Medicare Drug Plan: A Nebraska Connects Special" is a production of NET Television for broadcast on NET1 and NET2. The "Nebraska Connects" series is designed to provide audiences with information of importance to Nebraska's individuals, businesses, families and communities.
NET1 and NET2 are part of NET Television, which is a service of NET. For a complete television program schedule, visit NET's Web site ( net Nebraska.org).
| The Medicare Prescription Drug "Care-A-Van" enrollment session held on April 11 at NET and this Nebraska Connects Special program were made possible with the help of the Nebraska Medicare Prescription Drug Coalition, including the Senior Health Insurance Information Program, Community Health Endowment, Nebraska Health and Human Services Sytem, Lincoln Area Agency on Aging, UNL Extension, UNL Center for Children, Families and the Law and AARP Nebraska. |
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