Find Supplemental Insurances for Medicare
Medicare and Medicare Supplements, also called Medigap, have a number of parts and they are not always easy to figure out. Figuring out how all these parts fit together and which ones fit your situation can be extremely confusing. Because open enrollment just ended for Medicare and open enrollment for supplements lasts until [...]
Individuals who are Medicare recipients have the confusing job of choosing various supplements and hoping these supplements fit their economic circumstances and help address their health needs. There is now a website that compares ALL of the Medicare supplement plans. The site is called Medicare Supplement Shop and you can find it on [...]
If you are a senior on Medicare, no doubt you have recently heard more than your share of information about Supplemental Insurance, and with open enrollment period you have either bought or considered buying a supplemental plan.
The good news is that there are many plans available. The bad news is that with [...]
Private Medicare providers underestimated the profits that they will receive or have received, which will inflate the government reimbursement rate.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) states that the private Medicare Advantage plans on average reported spending 85.7% of incoming revenue on medical expenses in 2005 but in actuality, they had projected that they were going to [...]
Many people take more than one or two medications. Often they take two or three. However, researchers at the University of Chicago Medical Center have recently completed a study that shows that many seniors – too many seniors – are taking at least five medications every day. This leaves a person open [...]
We are at the end of the enrollment period for Medicare Supplements for the year 2008. Most seniors have made their choice and enrolled in the supplement that they feel best fit their needs. Because seniors are now enrolled, it does not mean that they will not have further questions.
Finding the right Medicare [...]