Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage ("Part D")

The Basics | Resources | News | Viewpoints

Find a Medicare Prescription Drug Plan
Find a medicare prescription drug plan based on your preferences such as cost, coverage and convenience
Formulary Finder for Prescription Drug Plans
Click on the "Formulary Finder" link provided on that page to discover which prescription drug plans in your state will provide the prescriptions that you usually take

The Basics

Medicare Prescription Nightmare: Overview of Problems Affecting HIV-Positive People (February 2, 2006)
Includes a list of resources for people who need help with their "Part D" coverage.
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
Action Alert: Having Trouble With Medicare Part D? (2006)
From AIDS Action Council
Frequently Asked Questions -- Medicare Part D and ADAP (PDF) (December 1, 2005)
From New York State Department of Health
The New Prescription Drug Benefit: Medicare Part D (November 2005)
Includes info about enrolling and choosing a plan.
To read PDF, click here.
In Project Inform Perspective, from Project Inform
Questions and Answers About "Part D" and Its Effect on Ryan White CARE Act Programs (October 19, 2005)
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From U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration
Your New Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit for Californians Living With HIV/AIDS: Beneficiaries With Both Medicare And Medi-Cal (October 18, 2005)
To read PDF, click here.
From Project Inform
Your New Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit for Californians Living With HIV/AIDS: Low-Income Beneficiaries (October 18, 2005)
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From Project Inform
Your New Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit for Californians Living With HIV/AIDS: Medicare-Only Beneficiaries (October 18, 2005)
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From Project Inform
Got Medicare? What People Living With HIV Need to Know About the New Medicare Drug Benefit -- "Part D" -- Starting Jan. 1, 2006 (October 16, 2005)
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
AIDS Institute Encourages People With HIV/AIDS to Sign Up for New Medicare Drug Benefit (October 11, 2005)
From The AIDS Institute
New Medicare Drug Benefit -- Part D: Talking Points for Case Managers (October 2005)
To read PDF, click here.
From National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors
Medicare HIV Fact Sheet: Caution re January 2006 (September 17, 2005)
Helpful background for understanding the additional information needed for selecting a prescription drug plan.
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
Medicare & You 2006 (PDF) (September 2005)
The official government handbook on Medicare prescription drug coverage.
From U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Statewide Medicare Part D Road Show (PDF) (September/October 2005)
From New York AIDS Coaltion and Gay Men's Health Crisis
Medicare's New Prescription Drug Coverage: A Brief Explanation (September/October 2005)
To read PDF, click here.
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage: Preparing for Jan. 1, 2006 (Summer 2005)
A review of how the plan will work, and what issues must still be addressed.
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In Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS, from San Francisco AIDS Foundation
Coverage Changes Are Coming: Get the Facts Now (May/June 2005)
How will medical care change for HIVers on Medicare or Medicaid (or both) in January 2006?.
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project

Resources

Prescription Drug Plan Information From Medicare.gov (Regularly Updated)
From U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Medicare Drug Plan Worksheet and Prescription Drug Plan Comparison Chart (PDF) (October 2005)
From Treatment Access Expansion Project, HIV Medicine Association, American Academy of HIV Medicine and National Association of People With AIDS
The New Medicare Drug Benefit: An HIV/AIDS Enrollment Tool Kit (October 2005)
To read PDF, click here.
From Treatment Access Expansion Project, HIV Medicine Association, American Academy of HIV Medicine and National Association of People With AIDS

News

Medicare and Part D (November 3, 2008)
Part B premium payments to be cut from California's Medi-Cal, affecting many living with HIV.
From Project Inform
Medicare Part D: Fixing Part of the Problem (Fall 2008)
To read PDF, click here.
In Achieve, from ACRIA and GMHC
California: Some AIDS Drugs Not on Medicare Site (December 27, 2007)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Action Alert: Part D Means Do It! (September 14, 2007)
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works
Medicare Part D Deadline Nears for People With HIV (December 9, 2005)
In California, AIDS advocates are urging HIV-positive patients to enroll before January 1, 2006.
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Viewpoints

Medicare Part D Often Fails People With HIV, Survey Says (April 6, 2007)
From American Academy of HIV Medicine
Medicare's New Drug Program Creates Challenges (September/October 2005)
"Part D" is part drug coverage, part difficult, part distressing, writes David Munar, Associate Director of AIDS Foundation of Chicago.
To read PDF, click here.
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network