by admin | Mar 16, 2004 | Health / Medicine
Senator Jim Talent is spending part of this week touring the state to promote the new Medicare prescription drug benefit for senior citizens. Talent says a big part of his tour is aimed at informing senior citizens about the benefit. He rejects some of the charges...
by admin | Mar 11, 2004 | News
The state proposal to close the so-called “donut hole” in coverage in the new federal Medicare Prescription Drug plan gets a hearing before a Senate committee. Lieutenant Governor Joe Maxwell, the state’s advodate for the elderly,says the federal...
by admin | Mar 4, 2004 | Health / Medicine
State Auditor Claire McCaskill is releasing an audit of the state’s SeniorRX drug program for senior ctiizens. It shows how management improvements could benefit the program, which was set up in 2001. Enrollment in the program was less than half the anticipated...
by admin | Mar 1, 2004 | News
The top leaders of the State Senate have filed a last-minute bill to plug the gap in the new federal prescription drug prgoram. The new federal law cuts off coverage at the $2,500 dollar level and does not resume it until a person has spent $5,000 on drugs. Senate...
by admin | Feb 13, 2004 | News
Legislation aimed at limiting property tax increases for senior citizens has moved forward in the State Senate. Senator Chuck Gross of St. Charles sponsors “The Homestead Preservation Act,” which would help senior citizens who are faced with huge property...
