Abbreviations
CMS: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
MSA: Medicare Medical Savings Account
RHC: Rural Health Clinics
SHIP: State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP)
VA: Veterans Administration

Materials to Review

Health Care & Aging

• Elderly Healthcare (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
• MedLine Plus Senior Health Topics

Health Insurance (Medicaid/Medicare)

• Benefits Under the New Medicare Law (Medicare Rights Center)
• Individuals Eligible for Both Medicaid and Medicare
• Inside Consumer Directed Care (Health Plans)
• Medicare Savings Programs
• Medicaid Consumer Information
• CMS National Medicare Training: Medicare + Choice plans
• Medicare, A Brief Summary (CMS)
• Medicare Coverage
• Medicare Eligibility, Enrollment & Premiums: Overview (CMS)
• Medicare Plan Choices
• Medicare Coverage of Home Health Care
• Medicare Patrol
• State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP)
• Supplemental Insurance/Medigap Insurance: Choosing a Medigap Policy

End of Life

• Hospice
• Bereavement & Grief (See also Mental Health & Aging)
• Legal Guide for Older Americans, Chapter 9 (ABA) Managing Your Financial and Personal Affairs in the Face of Incapacity

Prescription Drug Assistance

• Medicare
• Medicare Approved Prescription Drug Discount Card Program
• Medicare Issue of the Day (Daily Fact Sheets explaining new provisions of the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement Act of 2003)
• Medicare Prescription Drug Cards: Which One Should You Pick?
• Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003
• Prescription Drugs and Aging (AoA)
• Statewide Pharmaceutical Assistance Programs (Volunteers in Healthcare)
• Pharmaceutical Company Patient Assistance Programs (Medicine for People in Need)

Rural Health

• Rural Health Clinics

Veterans Benefits

• Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependents

Additional Online Resources
Directories

• Directory of Prescription Drug Assistance Programs
• Home Health Compare (CMS)
• Links to Patient Assistance Program Information (Medicines for Needy People)
• National Council on Aging's (NCOA's) BenefitsCheckUpRx
• NeedyMeds, Inc.
• State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP)
• State Map of Medicaid Programs (CMS)
• State Medicaid Toll-Free Lines
• State-by-State, Plan-by-Plan List of Pharmacy Assistance Programs (AARP)
• Volunteers in Healthcare - Accessing Pharmaceutical Assistance Programs

Government

• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
• MEDLINEplus, National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• US Department of Health and Human Services
• Veterans Administration

Organizations

• Center on Native Elder Health Care Disparities (University of Colorado)
• Hospice Association of America (HAA)
• National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC)
• Northwest Geriatric Center (University of Washington)
• Partners in Care Foundation
• Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)
• Public Institute of California Medicine for People in Need
• Rural Assistance Center

Articles/Resources

• All About Hospice: A Consumer's Guide (Hospice Association of America)
• Frequently Asked Questions on Medicare Prescription Drugs (CMS)
• Medicare & You
• Home Health Compare
• Medicare Beneficiaries and Internet Pharmacies