Medicare Prescription DrugBenefit Enrollment Deadline Will Be Extended For Seniors Who Did Not Receive Timely Information About Their Current Coverage

Medicare beneficiaries who did not receive timely information about benefit and cost changes for their current Medicare prescription drug plans will have until Feb. 15 to select coverage for 2007, Reuters reports (Reuters, 12/29/06). Beneficiaries had until Dec. 31, 2006, to enroll in or change Medicare drug plans, although administration officials had urged beneficiaries to act by Dec. 8, 2006, to avoid problems.

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