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Would you like to check out a recording brought to you by the Medicare Rights Center?

Medicare is making some changes to costs and coverage that may affect you in the New Year. To help you understand and prepare for these changes, the Medicare Rights Center is offering an online presentation, “Changes to Medicare in 2009.” You will learn about the following:


Increased Premiums, Deductibles and Copayments
Extra Help Changes
Expanded Part D Off-Label Coverage for Anti-Cancer Drugs
Ongoing and Recent Changes
New Advance Beneficiary Notices (ABNs)
New Claims Processing Offices (Medicare Administrative Contractors)
Extension of Therapy Cap Exceptions
New Marketing Protections for Consumers
What You Should Be Doing Now

Changes to Medicare in 2009

 

Long Island TRIO appeared in college newspapers and on University blogs this month. They used some of my press conference quotes from months ago and published the following on campuses and on blogs.

- Mike Sosna

The power to save lives go to news page

 

November 18, 2008

OPTN/UNOS Board Addresses Safety for Living Donors

St. Louis -- The OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors, at its meeting today, adopted a policy to improve the safety of living organ donation by specifying that living donor organ recovery and transplantation must take place in OPTN member transplant centers.

Check out this .pdf Choosing a Medigap Policy -2009

Comparing Medicare Prescription Drug Plans: The Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Finder go to news page

President George W. Bush signed into law the Stephanie Tubbs-Jones Congressional Gift of Life Medal Act (HR 7198). go to news page

The above is a beautiful piece of glass mosaic original artwork by LI TRIO member, Al Ferrro. It's beautiful and a reproduction is here for your enjoyment now.

THE WHITE AREA AND BLUE LINE REPRESENTS THE HOSPITAL (MT. SINAI)
THE GREENISH DARK OVAL REPRESENTS A DISEASED LIVER WITH THE ZIGZAG RELIEF CUT LINES.
THE PINK OVAL SYMBOLIZES LIFE AND A NEW, HEALTHY LIVER.
THIS LONG YELLOW GLASS RELIEF REPRESENTS A SURGICAL TOOL.
THE BLUE SKY .. THE BUILDINGS WITH THE BLUE DOOR AND THE STREET ALL BRINGS YOU BACK TO REALITY. - Al Ferro

 

Directions to our monthly meetings:

 

September 13, 2008 12 Noon- Photos go to news page

September 13, 2008 12 Noon- Photos go to news page

Upcoming Events- more information go to news page

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Recognizing The Brave And
Selfless Act of Organ Donation

Update: President George W. Bush signed into law the Stephanie Tubbs-Jones Congressional Gift of Life Medal Act (HR 7198).


I’m pleased to report that the House
of Representatives and the Senate has passed the
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Gift of Life
Congressional Medal Act. These bills direct
the Treasury department to design
and produce a commemorative
medal that the Department of Health
and Human Services will award to
organ donors or to a surviving family
member. Enactment of this legislation
would have no cost to the Federal
Government. The medals will be
funded by charitable donations and
organizations including TRIO and its
membership.
-Mike Sosna

106th Annual Greenlawn Firemen's Fair-
NYODN and LI TRIO Volunteers worked at tables and helped over 100 attendees enroll in the Donate Life Registry in order to help save lives.
go to news page

August 11, 2008- The TRIO Singers performed The National Anthem at the Long Island Ducks baseball game. What a nice evening as TRIO members spent time together.

 

Medicare

STUDY SHOWS 3.4 MILLION HIT DOUGHNUT HOLE go to news page

Metvix® prevents pre-cancerous lesions in transplant recipients go to news page

New York City to Explore a Way to Add Organ Donors go to news page

Senator Kemp Hannon and Long Island TRIO held a joint press conference on Valentine's Day- February 14, 2008 go to news page

A Letter from Senator Hillary Clinton to LI TRIO

How the Spanish donor system works go to news page

Up to 6 per cent of all patients who have an organ transplants will develop TB go to news page

\Long Island TRIO In The News: This article appeared in Suffolk Life on April 16, 2008 go to news page

 

TRIO is represented by the Tree of Life. With its intertwining branches, the Tree of Life symbolizes the intertwining of the lives of two human beings, the donor and the recipient,through the Gift of Life. It depicts growth and new life and reinforces the new beginning transplantation gives to the recipient.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More LI TRIO Links

More LI TRIO Links

Check out this .pdf Choosing a Medigap Policy -2009

Thank you for joining us at Our Annual LI TRIO Donor Rose Garden Ceremony Honoring Donors and Donor Families.

September 13, 2008

Here are some photos from the event. go to news page

106th Annual Greenlawn Firemen's Fair-
NYODN and LI TRIO Volunteers worked at tables and helped over 100 attendees enroll in the Donate Life Registry in order to help save lives.
go to news page

 

Organ Donor Awareness Night at Shea Stadium - July 22, 2008: Story and photos go to news page


Enroll in The New York State Organ and Tissue Donor Registry

 

 

Meetings: 145 Community Drive, Manhasset

Directions to the meeting location are here

 

To send a donation to Long Island TRIO

 

Long Island Chapter- Mission

 

Visit our Transplant News Page go to news page

 

Visit our TRIO Events Pagego to news page

 

Please check out the upcoming events pagego to news page

 

More LI TRIO Links

 

Please Visit the Stephanie Joyce Kahn Foundation

 

The Lions Eye Bank for Long Island

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