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Get enrollment assistance at the Illinois Benefits Rx Application Center

Need help enrolling? Contact your local Area Agency on Aging or call 1-800-624-2459,
1-888-206-1327 (TTY)
Linked from - www.state.il.us/aging/

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FDA Introduces New Web Page with Links to Key Safety Information on Prescription Drugs

Senior citizens may find it useful avoid drug errors and dangerous drugs

Oct. 17, 2008 – Senior citizens, the heaviest users of prescription drugs, and the most common victims of drug errors, can find help with making decisions about the drugs they take at a new Website created by the Food and Drug Administration. The FDA says healthcare professionals, too, will find it a useful page to find a wide variety of safety information about prescription drugs.
The Web page: http://www.fda.gov/cder/drugSafety.htm

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Information below provided by the Illinois Area Agency on Aging www.illinoisbenefits.org

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Extra Help is a federal program that helps pay for some or most of the costs of Medicare prescription drug coverage.

For answers to all your questions about Medicare – from basic eligibility and plan options to detailed coverage and appeal rights – as well as information about assistance programs, visit Medicare Interactive Counselor and select "IL" from the state dropdown menu in the upper right of your screen.

You may also speak to one of the Medicare experts at the Medicare Rights Center! Call their FREE Consumer Hotline at 1-800-333-4114. Open Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. (Central).

Go directly to the online application for Extra Help.

Apply for Illinois Cares Rx, the new state prescription drug program
(Formerly SeniorCare and Circuit Breaker pharmaceutical assistance).

Apply online for Illinois Cares Rx using the IL-1363 Online Form. If you already applied, go online to check your application status.

Already receiving Illinois Cares Rx benefits? Click here to find out what you need to do to get benefits next year!

	Compare Medicare drug plans using Medicare’s drug plan finder. Find information about private Medicare prescription drug plans in your area and use the search feature to compare cost and coverage options.
	Before applying for an individual program . . . Consider performing a BenefitsCheckUp online screening to determine eligibility for help paying for your prescriptions as well as many other public benefits (no password required). If you or your client are found eligible, you will be provided instructions on how to apply along with either an application form or a link to the online application.

Get enrollment assistance at the Illinois Benefits Rx Application Center

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