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Article: B. Joseph GUGLIELMO Marilyn STEBBINS and Timothy W. CUTLER Pharmacists could help with drug plan
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- May 13, 2006
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THE countdown to the Monday enrollment deadline for the new
Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit has been highly publicized
in the media, but there has been little focus on the underprivileged
and underserved populations.
We live in a multicultural country where diversity is celebrated,
where we speak Mandarin, Spanish, Vietnamese, Russian, English and
many other languages. Yet the U.S. government has focused the
majority of its very modest educational efforts on Medicare enrollees
who speak English alone and in forums that do not target Medicare
enrollees with disabilities.
The process of evaluating Medicare Part D options and enrolling in
a plan has turned out to be cumbersome and ...
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