Paul Ryan’s Budget “Would End Medicare as We Know it”.
Statement by Medicare Rights Center President Joe Baker on Representative Paul Ryan’s House Budget Proposal April 1, 2014—The budget released today by Congressman Ryan repeats on an old and tired...
View ArticleMedicare and the Budget
In fiscal year 2010, Medicare spending totaled $524 billion, accounting for 20 percent of national health expenditures, 15 percent of the federal budget, and 3.6 percent of the gross domestic product...
View ArticleMost Tucson Hospitals Charge Medicare Less Than National Average
Medicare has released information on how much hospitals across the country charge for the most common surgeries. Here are the results for Tucson: Tucson Medical Center: .8 of the national average...
View ArticleMedicare: How much will your hospital bill be?
How much will your bill be if you are admitted to the hospital and you only have Medicare?
View ArticleTurning 65: Do you have your Medicare card?
I had a call the other day from a woman who is turning 65 and wanted to talk to me about her Medicare choices. She said she is working, but is self-employed. She turns 65 in September, just over one...
View ArticleLong Wait at Social Security
Since 2011, Social Security has lost nearly 11,000 employees, and weekly field office hours have been reduced from 35 to 27. I read about this in LifeHealthPro, a magazine for the insurance industry....
View ArticleMedicare Phone Numbers for Complaints and Appeals
How do you appeal to Medicare if you have been denied coverage for a medical service? How do you lodge a complaint about a provider? The United Hospital Fund provides a list of numbers for each state...
View ArticleWoman thinks she can’t afford Medicare
I was shopping on Sunday afternoon and met a woman who thinks she can’t afford Medicare. She told me she works full-time at the retail store so she can get the company health insurance. This woman is...
View ArticleInsulin Costs in Medicare Advantage
The cost of insulin varies widely from one Medicare Advantage plan to another. I checked out all the Medicare Advantage plans in Pima County and how they cover insulin and pills for glucose...
View ArticleMedicare Supplement Guaranteed Issue
If your Medicare Advantage plan is canceled, you can go back to Original Medicare and get a Medicare supplement with guaranteed issue. The post Medicare Supplement Guaranteed Issue appeared first on...
View ArticleMedicare.gov Plan Finder not working!!
I am trying to help a client who is losing her SCAN Medicare Advantage plan. She is diabetic and takes two types of insulin as well as seven generic drugs. I am trying to use the Medicare.gov...
View ArticleMedicare Open Enrollment in Tucson
This year's Medicare Open Enrollment in Tucson is..... crazy. Crazy with so many people losing their plan, or losing their doctor from their plan network. The post Medicare Open Enrollment in Tucson...
View ArticleHelp For Low-Income Seniors in Jeopardy
Low-Income seniors will lose Medicare help they receive due to an error of omission in Washington - even though both political parties think the financial assistance program should continue. The post...
View ArticleRetiree Health Plans Moving to Medicare Advantage
Retiree health benefits are pretty rare these days, but I have two friends and two relatives who worked for big companies that offer benefits to supplement Medicare for their retirees. These people are...
View ArticleMedicare Billing Mistakes
I have spent the last week in freezing Connecticut helping my 87-year old friend figure out her medical bills. I wrote about Julie in December when I discovered her retiree Medicare supplement plan...
View ArticleChanges to Medicare
changes are coming to medicare The post Changes to Medicare appeared first on Medicareblog.org.
View ArticleThe Story of Medicare
Written and produced by the Kaiser Family Foundation, The Story of Medicare: A Timeline serves as a visual timeline of Medicare’s history, including the debate that led to its creation in 1965 and...
View ArticleAmbulance Billing Problems
Medicare covers non-emergency ambulance transport, but Medicare often refuses to pay such bills. Apparently, the devil is in the details - and it is up to seniors and their families to understand those...
View ArticleHappy Birthday Medicare
Medicare began 50 years ago, in 1965. Why do Republicans still hate it? The post Happy Birthday Medicare appeared first on Medicareblog.org.
View ArticleOPEN ENROLLMENT PERIOD
October 15 – December 7 is the Medicare Open Enrollment Period. People who already have Medicare can make some changes during this time and they will take effect on January 1st, 2016. MEDICARE...
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