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CURE

Winter 2007
Volume6
Issue 6

Where to Find Help

> Medicare Rights Center. To help evaluate the best Medicare health plans and Part D plans, the Medicare Rights Center has a no-cost interactive online tool available to consumers at www.medicarerights.org/help.html. MRC also has a consumer hotline at (800) 333-4114.

> The State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP). This national program offers one-on-one counseling and assistance to people with Medicare and their families. To find your state’s consumer hotline, go to www.shiptalk.org or call Medicare at (800) 633-4227 and ask for insurance counseling.

> Medicare. The government agency overseeing Medicare offers comparative online tools for the health plans, drug plans and Medigap plans offered in your state at www.Medicare.gov.

Articles in this issue
Support Sites
Resources
Caught in Medicare Limbo
My Healing Journal
Where to Find Help
Breaking News from ASH and SABCS
Message from the Editor
Warning Signs
A Dose Of Information
Art & Life
Good to the Bone
Take With Food?
A Rash of Good News
Nutritional Counseling During Radiation Therapy
Information Please
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