Major Medicare Advantage Plans Expand to New Cities, Parishes
You may be seeing some new and better Medicare Advantage choices available in your area. That's because a number of large health insurance companies are making a major push to…
Medicare Part B, Advantage Plans See Premium Drops
Monthly Medicare Part B premiums for 2023 are coming down by $5.20 per month, which is a big relief to many seniors who were shocked when premiums jumped significantly from…
Myth Debunked: Most Providers Accept New Medicare Patients
A new study seems to blow a hole in the myth that many primary care physicians won't accept new Medicare patients because the reimbursements are notoriously low. In fact, most…
Medicare Part B Excess Charges and How to Avoid Them
Normally, Medicare Part B covers 80% of physicians' fees for Medicare beneficiaries — over and above an annual deductible, which is $233 for 2022. Health care providers who participate in…
Turning 65? Here’s What You Need to Know About Medicare
When you turn 65, you have some important decisions to make about your Medicare benefits. You must also make these decisions within a specific time frame. It's important to understand…
Health Care Costs to Consume Half of Social Security Income by 2030
In 11 years, health care costs are projected to consume at least half of the average senior citizen's Social Security income, even with basic Medicare coverage. Also, by 2030, some…
Senior Insurance Sales' R U Aware Medicare Coverage Gaps blog post on insurance-blog page linking to r-u-aware-of-medicare-coverage-gaps page
R U Aware of Medicare Coverage Gaps?
Many retirees get an unpleasant surprise after turning 65 and signing up for Medicare: It doesn't provide complete coverage of health care costs. In fact, there are some very large…
Senior Insurance Sales' blog post on insurance-blog page linking to not-affordable-care-act page
Not Affordable Care Act
Circuit Court Seems Poised to Shoot Down Individual Mandate It's looking more and more likely that a federal appeals court will strike down the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate, which…
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Legislation Aims to Tackle Health Care Costs
The Senate Health Committee in May 2019 released a draft bill that aims to reduce health care costs, taking particular aim at the lack of transparency in the system and…
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Lagniappe for the Senior Soul
You know. . . time has a way of moving quickly and catching you unaware of the passing years. It seems just yesterday that I was young, just married and…