Medicare News Blog
FreedomWorks Deficit Survey Backs Repeal of ‘Obamacare’
Long-Term Care Insurance and Our Collective Denial
The Class Act is dead, Medicare doesn’t pay for what many elderly people really need and the cost of paying out of pocket is astonishing.
How Medicare Fails the Elderly
The truth about Medicare: what it pays for is not what most recipients need or want.
Bonuses Tied to Medicare’s Star System Reward Insurers
Medicare 2012
Medicare is different this year because of health care reform, and if you’re not aware of how this important program has changed, pay attention.
Probe: Drug abusers exploiting Medicare benefit
Medicare‘s popular prescription program has an unsavory underside. It’s an easy target for drug abusers seeking to feed their own addictions or sell painkillers for profit.
Utah senior alert: Medicare enrollment earlier this year
Utah senior alert: Medicare enrollment earlier this year By Patty Henetz The Salt Lake Tribune Published Oct 10, 2011 04:06PM MDT With the Medicare open enrollment period starting this week, state and county-level counselors are sharpening their skills to help Beehive State seniors navigate their way through the complex health care system. More than 280,000 Utahns already are receiving benefits…
Medicare 2012: Guide to choosing the best drug plan
Ben Jordan, who is 67 and lives in Parrish, can use himself as a good example of what happens when you are careful about choosing a Medicare prescription drug plan.
How to pick the best Medicare prescription drug plan for you
I recently received a letter from my Medicare “Part D” prescription drug plan provider notifying me that my premiums and co-pays will be increasing next year, and they are dropping coverage on one of the drugs that I take. How can I find a better drug plan?
Medicare Enrollment Begins Soon
Medicare enrollment begins in just a few days for people age 65 and older.
Supplemental Medicare Plans Could Face Reductions
Medicare supplemental health plans could reportedly come under the budget knife being wielded by the special deficit-reduction panel of Congress.
Medicare 2012
Medicare is different this year because of health care reform, and if you’re not aware of how this important program has changed, pay attention.
David Sayen, Medicare Talk: Open enrollment is different this year
EDITOR’S NOTE: David Sayen is Medicare‘s regional administrator for California. His column Medicare Talk’ will appear occasionally in the Sentinel.
Limits on supplemental Medicare plans eyed
Washington – Medicare supplemental health plans, popular among politically powerful retirees, could come under the budget knife being wielded by the special deficit-reduction panel of Congress, according to sources keeping close watch on its work.
Limits on supplemental Medicare plans eyed
Medicare supplemental health plans, popular among politically powerful retirees, could come under the budget knife being wielded by the special deficit-reduction panel of Congress, according to sources keeping close watch on its work.
Daughter’s complaint puts focus on Medicare payment to for-profit hospice
A Miami Beach daughter’s complaint about hospice bills for her father echoes the findings of a national investigation into for-profit hospice firms.
Open enrollment for Medicare is early this year
Medicare recipients, take heed: The annual open enrollment period begins Saturday — a full month earlier than normal. The federal government has moved up the dates this year, and open Medicare enrollment will begin Oct. 15 and end Dec. 7, giving seniors seven weeks to make changes to their coverage.
Medicare 2012 open enrollment now available online
Medicare has earlier deadlines, coverage changes
Anxiety kicks in every time Beverly Millar has to re-enroll for Medicare.