Enrollment in Medicare's Rx coverage program is under way. Learn all about it.

Toward Cost-Effective Health Care

From 'Inside E Street'

In this video, Budget Director Peter Orszag discusses the goals of the health care bill and answers the question: Does the legislation reflect reform's true cost?

Guide to Medicare's Drug Plan Finder

By Patricia Barry

Follow these steps to identify the least expensive Medicare Part D drug plan that will cover your prescriptions in 2010.

House Passes Health-Care Reform Bill

By Jim Toedtman

Lowering premiums and Medicare prescription costs are among the bill's goals. Learn how the legislation would affect you and yours.

Dodge the Part D Coverage Gap

AARP's new "Doughnut Hole Calculator" can help you save money on the drugs you take under Medicare Part D. Try out the tool now.

• For help using the calculator, check out answers to our Frequently Asked Questions.
• Read AARP Bulletin Today's article on how the Doughnut Hole Calculator works.

Medicare Advantage Insurers—Misleading Customers?

By Patricia Barry

Some of the people enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans feel deceived by rate hike notices from their insurers. Find out why.

How Will Health Care Reform Help Older Americans?

By Seniors to Seniors

In a new series of videos, patients, physicians, and health care advocates address how health care reform would safeguard Medicare.

• Get the Facts on Health-Care Reform Legislation

Sick and Broke?

By Sharon Kay

Tens of millions of Americans have health insurance but are not really protected: Their coverage is so skimpy that a medical crisis could mean financial ruin.

Who Decides Your Fate?

By Michael Haederle

A proposal in health-care reform legislation has stirred up misconceptions about end-of-life decisions. The truth: It would empower you to determine your care, step by specific step.

Select a Medicare Drug Plan

By Patricia Barry

Medicare Part D helps you pay for your prescription drugs. Use our guide to find the right plan for you.

New Bills Aim to Expand Medicare

By Patricia Barry

Uninsured people ages 50 to 64 are caught in a health-care twilight zone—old enough to be facing more medical problems but too young for Medicare. New health proposals in Congress aim to help.

6 Critical Health Reform Issues

By Tamara Lytle

We take a look at what's being said and who's saying it in the debate on available, affordable, health care coverage.

What's the Deal With the Medicare 'Doughnut Hole'?

From Erickson Retirement Home Town Hall Meeting

Video: Former AARP CEO Bill Novelli explains the prescription-drug coverage gap in Medicare Part D—what it is and how it came about.

Is Your Neighbor Getting a Better Medicare Deal?

By Susan Jaffe

Based on county rates, Medicare Advantage plans provide unequal benefits.

Medicare Advantage: Beware the Hard Sell

By Patricia Barry

Some beneficiaries have been duped into buying Medicare Advantage plans.