CMS has improved 1-800-Medicare, a toll-free ring up line that beneficiaries can call for tip on the regulation drug benefit, but the agency needs to address some serious problems that remain before the next annual enrollment period begins on Nov. 15, advocates for seniors and body said on ascension day during a hearing of the Senate Special panel on Aging, CQ HealthBeat reports. CMS has five call centers nationwide for the jingle line, which served about 30 million callers in 2007.

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