(I found this important information in the April 2008 AARP Bulletin.)
Benefits QuickLINK, AARP's website that helps people apply for state, federal and private benefits, has added new features.
Starting this month, you can apply online at www.aarp.org/quicklink for Medicare Rx Extra Help, a prescription drug assistance program for limited income beneficiaries. New, too, are publlic-benefits fact sheets for each state and an Applications Forms Center that lets you print applications for some 250 benefits programs.
In 2007 more than 20,000 people used Benefits QuickLINK to find out if they or their relatives qualified for public benefits, and more than 13,000 were eligible to receive at least one, says Lori Strauss, coordinator of the AARP Foundation Benefits Outreach Program.
(If you need this information or you know someone who does, it might be a good idea to "Check It Out.")
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