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"Medicare Advantage in 2008,"

The Kaiser Family Foundation, Marsha Gold, June 2008

CMS official web site at cms.hhs.gov
- Medicare at cms.hhs.gov
Medicare.gov — the official website for people with Medicare
- Official Medicare publications at Medicare.gov — includes official publications about current Medicare benefits
  - Medicare & You handbook for 2009 at Medicare.gov — includes information about current Medicare benefits
- Information about the 1-800-MEDICARE helpline from Medicare.gov — a 24X7 toll-free number to call with questions about Medicare
- Medicare Modernization Act at Medicare.gov
- Medicare Plan Choices at Medicare.gov — basic information about plan choices for Medicare beneficiaries, including MA Plans
- Prescription Drug Coverage homepage at Medicare.gov — a central location for Medicare's web-based information about the Part D benefit
  - Landscape of plans — state-by-state breakdown of all plans available in an area, both stand-alone PDPs, as well as MA-PD plans
MyMedicare.gov — Medicare's secure online service where beneficiaries can access their own personal Medicare information

Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports related to Medicare from the University of Texas Libraries
Center for Medicare Advocacy — National education & advocacy organization.
Medicare Rights Center — Education and advocacy organization.
Medicare Interactive — Online Medicare reference guide created by the Medicare Rights Center.
Medicare.org — Medicare information site including descriptions of Part A through D
Medicare & Medicaid Resources — Medicare information site
Kaiser Family Foundation — Wide range of free information, including a drug benefit calculator, about the Medicare program and other U.S. health issues.
- State Health Facts — Data on health care spending and utilization, including Medicare; provided by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Medicare - Alliance for Health Reform The nonpartisan, nonprofit Alliance for Health Reform offers information about health reform, in a number of formats, to elected officials and their staffs, journalists, policy analysts and advocates.
Social Security and Disability News Resource Center
Issue Guide on Medicare — Policy alternatives and public opinion analysis on Medicare from Public Agenda Online
How Stuff Works - Medicare