10 Days To Start Of New Medicare Drug Program—Problems Reported
     It should be obvious to everyone that getting the new Medicare prescription drug program off the ground is a monumental task getting about 41 million prospective enrollees into about 100 programs no two of them nearly alike.
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City Seniors’ Agency Has 38 Centers To Help Enroll People In Federal Drug Subsidy Plan
by john toscano
     With 10 days to go before the start of the new Medicare prescription drug program, designed to help seniors lower the cost of their medications, the city Department for the Aging (DFTA) has 38 centers throughout the city ready and willing to assist seniors and the disabled to enroll in the new progr
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Seniors Attend Forums On Medicare Part D
      More than 150 Western Queens seniors braved cold and snow last week to attend three public forums on the complicated new Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Program, which goes into effect January 1. The forums, hosted by state Senator John Sabini (second from r.), were conducted by StateWide Senior
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