CMS Will Notify Seniors of How New Healthcare Law Will Affect Them

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that they will be mailing information to Medicare beneficiaries that explains how they will be affected by the new healthcare reform law.

The mailing will highlight the following:

• The immediate impact of the Affordable Care Act on Medicare beneficiaries
• The one-time $250 check that will be sent to seniors in the Medicare Part D "donut hole" who will not receive Medicare Extra Help as well as additional steps that will be taken to close the coverage gap by 2020
• Preventive care services that will be offered without cost-sharing, such as colorectal cancer screenings and mammograms
• New crackdowns on criminals scheming to scam senior citizens and steal taxpayer dollars

Additional information is available at http://www.medicare.gov/.