The Derby City Chapter of the National Spinal Cord Injury Association Network- Serving Kentuckiana.
Message From the President
Dear Members & Friends-
We do not have a speaker lined up as of this writing, but we hope to have one scheduled at the time of the meeting. If we do not have a speaker, a video will be shown. Pizza and soft drinks will be provided.
I want to thank everyone who helped with the Christmas party and all of those who attended. Thanks to all of you, everyone had a good time.
February’s meeting will be held at 6:30 at Frazier Rehab, 4th floor dining hall.
- David Allgood
A DOWNLOADABLE PAMPHLET
Understanding Changes in Prescription Drug Coverage for People with Disabilities on Medicare: A Guide for People with Disabilities, Benefits Counselors, Disability Organizations and Others on Transitioning to the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Benefit can be downloaded from your search engine: type Advancing Independence. Click the link re: the drug coverage. The download will automatically come up. This guide was written specifically to address special concerns of people with disabilities. Written in a question and answer format, the guide includes worksheets that individuals can use in consulting their physicians about current pharmaceutical use and in comparing and selecting a plan that meets their needs.
Medicare plays a critical role in enhancing the health and independence of nearly 15 million people with disabilities of all ages, most of whom rely extensively on prescription medications. It is essential that they be able to make the best use of the new Medicare prescription drug benefit, said Bob Williams, Principal of Advancing Independence and a co-author of the report.
Given all the recent media coverage of fear and confusion on the part of Medicare beneficiaries trying to make sense of the complex details of this program and the extraordinary plan choices, we hope that this guide can be a useful tool in for people with disabilities, their family members, and others who will assist them in enrolling in a Medicare drug plan, added Jeffrey Crowley, Senior Research Scholar at the Georgetown Health Policy Institute and a co-author of the report.
