Find Supplemental Insurances for Medicare
Medigap policies are another name for Medicare Supplemental Insurance policies. These policies pick up where your basic Medicare leaves off and they pay for things that basic Medicare does not, such as deductibles and co pays.
There are nine Medigap policies and they all are named by a letter of the alphabet. Plans A through G [...]
From the time we are kids, most of us are taught that we should budget our money. If we get an allowance, we are able to figure out how much we can spend for that week and how much to put away. A bit later on when we get a job, we can budget how [...]
Individuals who have retired and are depending upon Medicare to offset the costs of their medical expenses often have to dip into their savings and retirement funds to pay for products and services that are not covered, such as co-pays. Sometimes this is not a very high amount and has very little effect on a [...]
Seniors have long been a target of pressure and scams over the years for everything from purchasing cars, TVs, phone service, insurance and more. One of the biggest areas that seniors can be defrauded is in the area of Medicare Supplemental Insurance, also called Medigap insurance.
Medigap covers what Medicare does not. This could be prescriptions, [...]
With all the goings back and forth regarding Medicare and Medicare Supplements in the Bush Administration and Congress, people are getting quite confused. Add to the situation the fact that there are a lot of changes that the administration has proposed and tried to veto, and there are changes that Congress has over-ridden, with all [...]
A few years ago Medicare was pretty simple and straightforward. OK, the billing and the claims have long been confusing, but at least the coverage was somewhat understandable. Things are different now.
With the addition of numerous Medicare Supplement plans things have gotten a lot more confusing – and that’s just for deciding which supplement is [...]
There are numerous Medicare recipients who have been in the hospital for an illness or injury and then been released to go home without incident, simply feeling fine, recovering the rest of the way at home and moving forward from there.
Unfortunately, this is not always the case. Many times an individual returns home only to [...]
What do you do in a situation when your parent is having surgery and needs some recovery time? How do you deal with the situation where your parent wants to recover at home – which creates a cost savings, no matter what sort of coverage they do or do not have – but Medicare Advantage [...]