Medicare

Five Medication Mistakes   It’s not unusual to be regularly taking one or more prescription medications by the time you reach 55. Even if you don’t take a prescription med, you might be taking over-the-counter meds such as aspirin, Benadryl and Aleve to help with your pain, allergies and sleeping. …

The Medicare system helps a lot of seniors, but it isn’t an easy system to navigate. With all the various parts, premiums, deductibles and limits, it gets confusing—fast. Below, we’ve created a simple breakdown of some of the cost changes you can expect in 2015. Please note that these are …

Like Medicare Advantage Plans, Medicare supplements—also called Medigap plans—are policies sold by private insurance companies. Unlike Medicare Advantage Plans, which create an alternative way to get Medicare coverage such as Part A, Part B and Part D, Medigap policies pay for some of the financial responsibilities left open by Medicare …

Medicare is a fantastic, comprehensive insurance program for seniors age 65 and over, but it can be overwhelming. With its various parts, gaps, supplements, limits and deductibles, it’s easy to become intimidated and confused when learning about it for the first time—or even for the fifth. Two of the most …

A typical supply of worry for most people on Medicare insurance is the capability to pay the prescription medications they have to stay healthy. What’s promising, however, is when you are in Medicare insurance and getting trouble having to pay for needed medicines-or maybe you are concerned about what you …

Implementation of the Affordable Care Act requires some careful shifting and spending reassessments. One of the adjustments that was supposed to be made were cuts to subsidies paid on behalf of seniors who take out Medicare Advantage plans, which are comprised of private insurance policies. Because the government currently pays …

Americans are barraged with medical health insurance information from all directions. From Medicare Supplements to Advantage plans, group insurance to PPOs, the process of evaluating your options and choosing policies can be very confusing. Health insurance isn’t one-size-fits-all. Your current health, budget and individual needs all factor into determining which …