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Mr. Lopez, who is fairly well-off financially, would like to enroll in a Medicare prescription drug plan you represent and simply give you a check to cover his premiums for the entire year. What should you tell him? - He will need to mail in his payment with his enrollment form. Mrs. Chou likes a Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plan available in her area that does not include drug coverage. She wants to enroll in the plan and enroll in a stand-alone prescription drug plan. What should you tell her? - She could enroll in a PFFS plan and a stand-alone Medicare prescription drug plan. Mrs. Roswell is a new Medicare beneficiary who has just retired from retail work. She is interested in selecting a Medicare Part D prescription drug plan. She takes a number of medications and is concerned that she has not been able to identify a plan that covers all of her medications. She does not want to make an abrupt change to new drugs that would be covered and asks what she should do. What should you tell her? - Every Part D drug plan is required to cover a single one-month fill of her existing medications sometime during a 90-day transition period. Mr. Robinson was quite ill recently and forgot to pay his monthly premium for his MA-PD plan. He is worried that he will lose his coverage now when he needs it the most. He is certain his plan will disenroll him because that is what happened to a friend of his in a similar type of plan. What can you tell Mr. Robinson about his situation? - Plan sponsors have the option to do nothing when a plan member does not pay their premiums or disenroll the member after a grace period and notice. Mrs. Allen has a rare condition for which two different brand name drugs are the only available treatment. She is concerned tha