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About the AARP Texas State Office

With 2.4 million members and 166 chapters statewide, AARP Texas helps to create a society where people 50+ age with dignity and purpose. We offer information and resources; legislative, regulatory, and legal advocacy; a wide range of unique benefits, special products, and services; and we assist our members in serving their communities. We produce a quarterly newsletter for members and a website: www.aarp.org/states/tx.

AARP recently launched Divided We Fail: a broad-based, bi-partisan national effort designed to make sure that Americans have access to affordable, quality health care as well as peace of mind about their financial security. AARP believes that individuals, businesses, health care providers, non-profit organizations, and government must work together to find solutions - personally, privately and publicly.

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AARP Launches Money-Saving Prescription Drug Resource for Consum

Online calculator helps people avoid dreaded “doughnut hole”

Each year, an estimated three million-plus older Americans fall into the “doughnut hole”—a coverage gap in Medicare’s prescription drug program that leaves individuals on the hook for all of their own drug costs while still paying premiums. In Texas, 28% of people in Medicare Part D fell into the doughnut hole in 2007.

Fortunately, AARP has developed a new resource to help you and your loved ones stay out of this coverage gap. This new, interactive, online tool can help Texans reduce their Part D spending by identifying safe, effective alternatives, such as generic or therapeutically similar drugs.

“AARP believes health reform must help those with the highest drug costs save money by closing the doughnut hole and lower drug costs by giving people greater access to generic drugs” said Tim Simmons, AARP Texas Manager of State Operations.

That is why AARP developed a calculator to help people in Medicare Part D save on drug costs by postponing or, in some cases, avoiding the doughnut hole.

And, even if you don’t hit the doughnut hole, the tool can give you options to lower your out of pocket drug costs.

It is easy to use. Fill in your zip code, click on your health plan, list your drugs. The calculator will tell you how long your coverage will last before you will hit the doughnut hole. You will receive a list of less expensive medications. The calculator also allows you to print a letter—in English and in Spanish—you can give to your doctor for each medication alternative that may save you money.

The calculator is powered by DestinationRx as part of a special arrangement between AARP and Medicare. The data is the same used by the Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Finder, giving users the most accurate and up-to-date drug pricing information available.

More good news? Any information stays private! In fact, it goes away as soon as you exit the calculator.

So go to the tool and see how much money you can save. The tool can be found in English and in Spanish.