These fact sheets provide basic information about Medicare and the people it serves:

• Medicare at a Glance
  
• Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit
  
• Low-Income Assistance Under the Medicare Drug Benefit
  
• Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Information, by State
  
• Medicare Advantage
  
• Medicare Spending and Financing
  
• Medicare and the President’s Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Proposal
  
• Medicaid’s Role for Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries
• Medicare’s Role for Women