Other Organizations Working on Medicare Part D

The Center for Medicare Advocacy: www.medicareadvocacy.org

The Medicare Rights Center: www.medicaregiths.org. MRC has a large collection of publications and fliers for consumers and professionals focused entirely on Part D which can be found at www.medicarerights.org/drughelp.html.  MRC's "Medicare Interactive Counselor" is available at www.medicarerights.org/help.html. This is an online compendium of answers to Medicare questions written in consumer-friendly language. It’s easily navigable and useful for consumers and professionals. There is information on Part D throughout tool, but the bulk of the information can be found in Section III l. Prescription Drugs and Section VII a. Resources to Help with the Cost of Prescription Drugs (which focuses in part on Extra Help).

Families USA: www.familiesusa.org

Health Assistance Partnership: www.healthassistancepartnership.org

Health Consumer Alliance: www.healthconsumer.org

California Health Advocates: www.cahealthadvocates.org.  CHA’s "Medicare Part D Community Discussion" bulletin board is available at www.cahealthadvocates.org/partd/index.html

California HealthCare Foundation: www.chcf.org/topics/healthinsurance/drugbenefit

Kaiser Family Foundation: www.kff.org/medicare/rxdrugs.cfm 

Western Center on Law and Poverty: www.wclp.org/

National Health Law Program: www.healthlaw.org