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Medicare Resource InformationMedicare dot gov - This is the official U.S. Government Site for People with Medicare. The tools provided on this site allow individuals to make comparisons of medicare prescription drug plans, gain information about medicare eligibility and enrollment, find area suppliers of medical equipment, locate doctors, find dialysis facilities, and compare area hospitals. The site also provides information on medicare prescription drug plans by state. To visit the site: http://www.medicare.gov Medicare information from SSA - Located on one of the federal government's social security websites (there are several), this page provides answers to a number of medicare specific questions that should, at any qiven time, reflect the most accurate information available. To visit the site: http://www.ssa.gov/pubs/10043.html Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Formerly known as the Health Care Financing Administratio, or HCFA, the centers for medicare and medicaid services is the federal agency responsible for administering medicare (prior to 1977, this was the responsibility of the social security administration). To visit the site: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ Medicare from Wex - Hosted on the website for the Cornell University Law School, this page provides a brief overview of the medicare program. To visit the site: http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/index.php/Medicare Medicare Advocacy - The center for medicare advocacy, by its own definition, is a national-level non-partisan education and advocacy group whose mission is to help ensure that elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities have access to Medicare benefits and quality-level health care. To visit the site: http://www.medicareadvocacy.org/ A short history of Medicare - An article that answers the following questions about the medicare program and medicare benefits: What is medicare, what is its purpose, and how did it start?. To read the article: A short history of Medicare |
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