Re: Help! Medicare Part D is killing me.

[Guest guest]

> My question to all readers is: What can I do about the high cost of

Medicare Part D?

Hi ,

You might try EFA in St Louis. They may not be able to help you

directly, but may information on what help and programs might be out

there for a Missourian. Perhaps you can get a case manager assigned

that will work with you to find help.

http://www.stlefa.org/

Your Friend,

Wes

[Guest guest]

I know this is a very difficult issue. But this also stresses the importance of getting involved with your local Planning Council (oversees Part A (formerly Title I) funding), and also your State SCSN (Statewide Coordinated Statement of Need) group. We must advocate for ourselves to ensure that programs like AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAP) and Health Insurance Continuation Programs (HICP) are fully funded. A lot of the ADAP disparities of the southern States are a direct result of the State not matching the dollars required in order to receive ADAP funding.

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[Guest guest]

As I understand your answer, it

has two parts? You note how important it is to get involved with Planning

Council’s and SCSNs. This is to ensure that that ADAP’s and

HICPs are fully funded. As an aside, in my experience, the primary ‘competitor’

for these will be case management services. JAlso, jst a caution, but the

Planning Council I was on in no way prepared PWAs for their service on the

Council, and in fact, in one instance opposed and reversed a Council position (i.e.

for funding DAPT more fully when PIs first came out) achieved through

block-voting by PWA (a supposedly radical notion which seems elementary to me,

given the number of conflicted providers on the Council).

Then ADDITIONALLY, to lobby in the

state legislature for matching State funds………

Kudos for both, but you’d

need a) a strong stomach and knowledge that it is not medical or public

health knowledge which is most neede din the Council’s, but political

science (‘who gets what when).

Seattle

From:

[mailto: ] On Behalf Of Cole@...

Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 10:03 AM

Subject: Re: Help! Medicare Part D is killing me.

I know this is a very difficult issue.

But this also stresses the importance of getting involved with your local

Planning Council (oversees Part A (formerly Title I) funding), and also your

State SCSN (Statewide Coordinated Statement of Need) group. We must

advocate for ourselves to ensure that programs like AIDS Drug Assistance

Programs (ADAP) and Health Insurance Continuation Programs (HICP) are fully

funded. A lot of the ADAP disparities of the southern States are a direct

result of the State not matching the dollars required in order to receive ADAP

funding.

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[Guest guest]

As I understand your answer, it

has two parts? You note how important it is to get involved with Planning

Council’s and SCSNs. This is to ensure that that ADAP’s and

HICPs are fully funded. As an aside, in my experience, the primary ‘competitor’

for these will be case management services. JAlso, jst a caution, but the

Planning Council I was on in no way prepared PWAs for their service on the

Council, and in fact, in one instance opposed and reversed a Council position (i.e.

for funding DAPT more fully when PIs first came out) achieved through

block-voting by PWA (a supposedly radical notion which seems elementary to me,

given the number of conflicted providers on the Council).

Then ADDITIONALLY, to lobby in the

state legislature for matching State funds………

Kudos for both, but you’d

need a) a strong stomach and knowledge that it is not medical or public

health knowledge which is most neede din the Council’s, but political

science (‘who gets what when).

Seattle

From:

[mailto: ] On Behalf Of Cole@...

Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 10:03 AM

Subject: Re: Help! Medicare Part D is killing me.

I know this is a very difficult issue.

But this also stresses the importance of getting involved with your local

Planning Council (oversees Part A (formerly Title I) funding), and also your

State SCSN (Statewide Coordinated Statement of Need) group. We must

advocate for ourselves to ensure that programs like AIDS Drug Assistance

Programs (ADAP) and Health Insurance Continuation Programs (HICP) are fully

funded. A lot of the ADAP disparities of the southern States are a direct

result of the State not matching the dollars required in order to receive ADAP

funding.

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