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Secure Horizons and Their Medicare Plans

Posted on: September 4th, 2010 by ymedina No Comments

UPDATE 3/17/2012 – As of January 2012, all Secure Horizons Medicare Advantage plans are all going to be re-branded as United Healthcare Medicare Advantage plans.  This decision was made by United Healthcare since less people are familiar with the Secure Horizons name.  You can see the updated Medicare options through United Healthcare on their wesbite. [...]

Vision Insurance Quotes Through AARP

Posted on: August 12th, 2010 by ymedina No Comments

AARP is known for offering quality products to eligible consumers such as AARP Medicare Supplements, AARP health insurance, and prescription discounts.  One valuable benefit AARP offers their members is vision care discounts which may be a better option than getting vision insurance quotes. Vision care is crucial for everyone, especially those over 50.  If you [...]

AARP Medicare Supplements And Their Benefits

Posted on: July 8th, 2010 by ymedina No Comments

AARP Medicare supplements are offered through Secure Horizons and they are dedicated to helping their customers find the right plan with the best suited Medicare benefits.  Medicare benefits can go even further with Medicare Advantage plans. AARP MedicareComplete provided from Secure Horizons is a private plan that provides all the coverage of Original Medicare and [...]

AARP Medicare Supplements Undergoing Changes

Posted on: May 24th, 2010 by ymedina No Comments

AARP Medicare supplements and other Medigap policies are undergoing some changes starting June 1 according to the article “Medigap Changes May Be A Time to Shop” by Teresa McUsic on star-telegram.com.  This may be a great time for seniors to shop around and see if they can save any money on their health insurance rates. [...]

Secure Horizons: Yoga Therapy Covered by Health Insurance

Posted on: April 21st, 2010 by ymedina No Comments

According to the article “Finding My Center Through Yoga With Broadview Heights Seniors: Working It Out” by Tara Quinn on cleveland.com, many health insurance companies are covering their seniors to take Yoga classes which can improve overall health. Some of the health insurers offering Yoga as a free benefit include Secure Horizons, Aetna, United Healthcare, [...]

Health Insurance Scam

Posted on: April 12th, 2010 by JPAL No Comments

A new health insurance scam has evolved out of the new health care bill that was recently signed.  Opportunistic scammers have been going door-to-door, posed as Government officials in some cases, trying to scare people into purchasing phony health insurance plans. These cases have become common enough that the U.S. Health and Human Services Department [...]

AARP Medicare Supplements and Plans Affected by Reform

Posted on: March 30th, 2010 by ymedina No Comments

It is unclear how plans such as Medicare Advantage and AARP Medicare Supplements will be affected by the passage of the new health care reform bill, but it does intend to improve Medicare overall.  The article “How Will Health Care Reform Affect Medicare” by Heather May found on The Salt Lake Tribune’s website helps to [...]

AARP Medicare Supplements and Health Care Reform

Posted on: January 24th, 2010 by ymedina No Comments

The online AARP Bulletin Today has a plethora of health care reform information for their members to sort through.  Many members are fearful of how their medicare and AARP Medicare supplements will be affected by health care reform if it passes.  The article “Lost in the Rhetoric: New Gains for Medicare Beneficiaries” by Susan Jaffe [...]

Medicare Beneficiaries Affected By Health Care Reform

Posted on: January 5th, 2010 by ymedina No Comments

The WhiteHouse.gov website has information on the new health care reform bill.  They specifically discuss the changes being made to Medicare.  To pay for the health care reform bill there needs to be $313 billion in savings to create a deficit for an overall neutral plan.  The article says that America has the most expensive [...]

AARP Medicare Supplements Calculator

Posted on: December 18th, 2009 by ymedina No Comments

On AARP’s website they have what is called a “Doughnut Hole Calculator” which has been designed for the 2010 Plan to avoid falling into a gap for Medicare Part D coverage.  It’s a four step tool that is very useful for saving you money on your health insurance quotes. The Doughnut Hole Calculator is easy [...]