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Story Archives: Medicare counseling helps seniors save over $91,000


Medicare counseling helps seniors save over $91,000
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During the 2013 Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Annual Enrollment Period, students and faculty from the University of Louisiana-Monroe College of Pharmacy helped 71 local seniors save $91,930.27 in Medicare prescription costs.

This year's savings nearly tripled those from last year, in which 47 beneficiaries saved a total of $32,294.

Dr. Michelle Zagar, ULM clinical associate professor and a certified geriatric pharmacist, has been assisting Medicare beneficiaries with plan selection and enrollment at the Ouachita Council on Aging since the Medicare Part D program began in 2006.
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