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Letter to the editor: Medicare reminder

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To the editor: Dan Crofoot wrote in a letter to the editor last Sunday that he is disappointed that his wife had to drop her Walgreens drug program when she turned 65. His letter is a reminder that the Medicare open enrollment begins Oct. 15 and is an opportunity for Medicare beneficiaries to evaluate and change their prescription drug coverage. Beneficiaries may comparison shop at https://www.medicare.gov/find-a-plan/questions/home.aspx.

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World and national news in brief

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Middle class faces Medicare hit WASHINGTON (AP) — Retired city worker Sheila Pugach lives in a modest home on a quiet street in Albuquerque, N.M., and drives an 18-year-old Subaru. Pugach doesn’t see herself as upper-income by any stretch, but President Barack Obama’s budget would raise her Medicare premiums and those of other comfortably retired seniors, adding to a surcharge that already costs some 2 million beneficiaries hundreds of dollars a year each.

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Free Medicare 101 class at CGCC March 19

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Donna Delikat, advocate for SHIBA (Senior Health Insurance Benefits Assistance), will be in The Dalles Tuesday, March 19, presenting a free class, Medicare 101. The program will be from 6 to 9 p.m. at Columbia Gorge Community College, The Dalles Campus, 400 E. Scenic Drive.