Hi Rhonda, Thanks for this info. I'll go up and get the pdf file and
convert it to text.

Thanks.

Love and Blessings,
Pat Ferguson



At 09:07 PM 11/29/2005, you wrote:
>Thought this might be of interest to some...
>Washington, DC-Advancing Independence, a disability-focused policy
>organization, released today a new guide, Understanding Changes in
>Prescription Drug
>Coverage for People with Disabilities on Medicare: A Guide for People
>with Disabilities, Benefits Counselors, Disability Organizations and
>Others On Transitioning
>to the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Benefit.  While many
>organizations are developing helpful materials to assist Medicare
>beneficiaries through this
>transition, this guide was written specifically to address special
>concerns of people with disabilities.  The guide was written in a
>question and answer
>format and includes worksheets that individuals can use in consulting
>their physicians about current pharmaceutical use and in comparing
>and selecting
>a plan that meets their needs.
>
>"Medicare plays a critical role in enhancing the health and
>independence of nearly 15 million people with disabilities of all
>ages - most of whom rely extensively
>on prescription medications.  It is essential that they be able to
>make the best use of the new Medicare prescription drug benefit,"
>said Bob Williams,
>Principal of Advancing Independence and a co-author of the report.
>
>"Given all of the recent media coverage of fear and confusion on the
>part of Medicare beneficiaries trying to make sense of the complex
>details of this
>program and the extraordinary number of plan choices, we hope that
>this guide can be a useful tool for people with disabilities, their
>family members,
>and others who will assist them in enrolling in a Medicare drug
>plan," added Jeffrey Crowley, Senior Research Scholar at the
>Georgetown Health Policy Institute
>and a co-author of the report.
>
>The report was a collaborative effort between Advancing Independence
>and the Health Policy Institute at Georgetown University.  Free
>copies of the guide
>can be obtained in PDF and HTML formats at
>http://hpi.georgetown.edu/rxchanges.html.
>
>Financial support for the guide was provided to Advancing
>Independence by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manu
>
>facturers of
>America (PhRMA).