Medicare/External Links
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- Please sort and annotate in a user-friendly manner and consider archiving the URLs behind the links you provide. See also related web sources.
Governmental links - current
- CMS official web site at cms.hhs.gov
- Medicare at cms.hhs.gov
- Medicare.gov — the official website for people with Medicare
- Official Medicare publications at Medicare.gov — includes official publications about current Medicare benefits
- Medicare & You handbook for 2007 at Medicare.gov — includes information about current Medicare benefits
- Information about the 1-800-MEDICARE helpline from Medicare.gov — a 24X7 toll-free number to call with questions about Medicare
- Medicare Modernization Act at Medicare.gov
- Medicare Plan Choices at Medicare.gov — basic information about plan choices for Medicare beneficiaries, including MA Plans
- Medicare Personal Plan Finder at Medicare.gov — more detailed information about MA Plans; can do tailored searches
- Prescription Drug Coverage homepage at Medicare.gov — a central location for Medicare's web-based information about the Part D benefit
- Enroll in a Medicare Prescription Drug Plan at Medicare.gov — the web-based tool for enrolling online in a Part D plan
- Landscape of plans — state-by-state breakdown of all plans available in an area, both stand-alone PDPs, as well as MA-PD plans
- Official Medicare publications at Medicare.gov — includes official publications about current Medicare benefits
- MyMedicare.gov — Medicare's secure online service where beneficiaries can access their own personal Medicare information
Governmental links - historical
- Medicare Is Signed Into Law page from ssa.gov — material about the bill-signing ceremony
- Historical Background and Development of Social Security from ssa.gov — includes information about Medicare
- Detailed Chronology of SSA from ssa.gov — includes information about Medicare
- Early Medicare poster from ssa.gov
Non-governmental links
- Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports related to Medicare from the University of Texas Libraries
- Medicare Rights Center — Education and advocacy organization.
- Medicare.org — Medicare information site including descriptions of Part A through D
- Kaiser Family Foundation — Wide range of free information, including a drug benefit calculator, about the Medicare program and other U.S. health issues.
- State Health Facts — Data on health care spending and utilization, including Medicare; provided by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
- HealthDecisions.org — Medicare information from America’s Health Insurance Plans (a national association of American health insurers).
- Social Security and Disability News Resource Center
- Issue Guide on Medicare — Policy alternatives and public opinion analysis on Medicare from Public Agenda Online
- MedicareLawWiki — A non-commercial (no advertising, no services offered) wiki for lawyers to share specialized knowledge about Medicare law (registration required).