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A recent survey by the American Healthcare Insurance Plans discovered how essential Medicare Advantage and Medigap plans are to seniors – especially those with low incomes and also to minorities and rural beneficiaries.
The survey called the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey asked numerous questions trying to determine what worked well for seniors and what didn’t work [...]
Medicare recipients have been quite worried about what will happen if their premiums go up in 2009. Because many recipients are on very limited incomes, even the slightest increase could create financial hardships affecting their quality of life.
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that the premiums for Medicare Part B will [...]
Most of us aren’t too enthusiastic about marketing calls. You know, the calls you get during dinner or during your family’s favorite TV show asking if you want to buy this or that or asking if they can have just a “moment” of your time which ends up taking 3 to 5 minutes of you [...]
One of the most expensive – and unexpected – costs of aging is the possibility of needing Long Term Care in a facility that can help you if you cannot stay home and take care of yourself or if it is impossible for your family to take care of you. For instance, if you fall [...]
If you have ever tried to figure out how Medicare works, what the supplements cover and what Medicare Advantage does, you possibly needed a good dose of headache medication when you were finished. The sad part is that you very possibly did not get any understanding of the information you needed and were more frustrated [...]
Medicare is supposed to be designed to help all of its beneficiaries, and individuals with disabilities are no exception. In fact, individuals with disabilities depend on their Medicare coverage in a way that many of us cannot understand.
It is important for individuals with disabilities to be able to understand how Medicare works, how the supplements [...]
Lately we have been hearing more and more information regarding Medicare audits and the poor marks that Medicare received for fraud control, oversight and various services that were substandard or too slow. Most of the low grades that Medicare received were for things that could have been avoided if the proper supervision and care were [...]
Imagine that you are a senior receiving Medicare and Social Security benefits every month. You rely on these benefits. These benefits help you with your basic needs and your medical issues. Barely.
You are notified that you will be receiving a refund from Medicare to offset your payments for your prescription drug premiums. The notification – [...]