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Seniors face Medicare cost barrier for cancer meds (AP)

June 13th, 2011 | Author: admin

Rita Moore spends time in her garden Wednesday, June 8, 2011, in Corcoran, Calif. Moore is now diagnosed with advanced cancer and could not afford the prescription drug she needed to help stop the spread of the disease. She is now looking at options for end-of-life care. Researchers say seniors with Medicare prescription drug coverage are facing steep copays for the newest kind of cancer drugs. Unlike older drugs, the medications come as pills and do not have to be administered at a clinic. She needed a drug called Sutent for kidney cancer, but the pharmacy was going to charge her $2,400 for a month’s supply, more than her income. (AP Photo/Gary Kazanjian)AP – Researchers say seniors with Medicare prescription drug coverage are facing steep copays for the newest kind of cancer drugs.


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Storm sends seniors out on high note

March 5th, 2011 | Author: admin

It was Senior Night on Saturday night, and Paris Horne and his classmates made sure this spectacular turnaround season would not end on a bad note. Horne had 11 points and the biggest rebound of the contest in a game-breaking run as St. John’s pulled away late for a hard-fought 72-56 Big East win over surprisingly tough South Florida.

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GOP blocks legislation to award seniors $250 (AP)

December 8th, 2010 | Author: admin

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., center, walks to the House democratic caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP – House and Senate Republicans on Wednesday thwarted Democratic efforts to award $250 checks to Social Security recipients facing a second consecutive year without a cost-of-living increase.


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Democrats make pre-election pitch to help seniors (AP)

October 19th, 2010 | Author: admin

FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2010 file photo, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. speaks during a televised Nevada Senate debate, in Las Vegas. It happens so rarely, it makes news: A few Democratic congressional candidates have dared to run TV ads praising President Barack Obama's divisive health care overhaul. And it won't stop on Nov. 2. It's a political issue the Democrats will have to keep addressing in the next Congress and on into the 2012 campaign. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)AP – Democrats are making a pre-election pitch to give Social Security recipients a one-time payment of $250, part of a larger effort to convince senior voters that their party, and not Republicans, will best look out for the 58 million people who get the government retirement and disability benefits.


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More options for seniors with high drug costs (AP)

September 29th, 2010 | Author: admin

FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2008, file photo, a shopper walks toward the pharmacy at a Little Rock, Ark., Wal-Mart store. Reversing a steady decline, the number of prescription plans covering at least some brand-name drugs in the 'doughnut hole' coverage gap will triple next year, from 35 to 106. That's according to an analysis of Medicare data to be released Wednesday Sept. 29, 2010 by Avalere Health, a private research firm. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)AP – Seniors with high drug costs will soon have more options to help them cope with Medicare’s prescription coverage gap.


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Obama tells seniors health bill will work for them (AP)

June 8th, 2010 | Author: admin

President Barack Obama greets members of the audience after a town hall meeting on the Affordable Care Act, Tuesday, June 8, 2010, at the Holiday Park Multipurpose Senior Center in Wheaton, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP – President Barack Obama on Tuesday sought to sell the health overhaul law to skeptical seniors, launching a defense of his presidency’s biggest accomplishment as the election season gets under way and the Gulf oil spill dominates news.


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Seniors wary of health overhaul impact on Medicare (AP)

March 31st, 2010 | Author: admin

Fred Childress, of Oak Ridge, Tenn., wears a T-shirt showing his opposition to President Barack Obama's federal health care overhaul Wednesday, March 31, 2010, at the Legislative Plaza in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)AP – Seniors aren’t celebrating President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul.


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