There has been a lot of talk in Congress about raising the eligibility age on Medicare to age 67 to save costs. This has been talked about for years, but it faces a lot of opposition in Congress. According to the article “Raising Medicare Age Would Save $148 Billion, CBO Says” by Meghan McCarthy and [...]
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Medicare Special Enrollment Period — What is It?
The Medicare Special Enrollment Period (SEP) is essentially an exemption that allows seniors who meet certain circumstantial events to make Medicare Advantage plan purchases outside of the annual open enrollment period. Qualifying circumstances include: Seniors with a change in there permanent address Seniors who enter or leave a nursing home Seniors who are eligible for [...]
Medicare Open Enrollment Extension for Some
Today, December 7th, is the end of the open enrollment period for Medicare recipients. Susan Jaffe from the KaiserHealthNews.org website reports that extensions are being offered to people who are unable to enroll due to wait times, but only by three days. A spokesperson for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid claims that extensions will [...]
Blue To You by Horizon BCBS
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey is looking to significantly increase person to person customer service according to the press release found on MarketWatch. The member-focused program is called “Blue to You” and involves the use of a multi-purpose van driving through neighborhoods in New Jersey. The Horizon Blue to You mobile van [...]
Medicare Covering Obesity Counseling
Medicare has recently put a lot of focus on preventative health measures to help bring down overall healthcare costs and obesity has been a hot topic. The federal government believes that around 30% of its Medicare population falls into the obese category and this greatly contributes to expensive health issues such as diabetes and heart [...]
MediBlue HMO by Empire BCBS
There is just over 1 week left in Medicare Open Enrollment. If you live in NY state and are still shopping for a Medicare health plan, the MediBlue HMO suite of plans offered by Empire BlueCross BlueShield are worth taking a look. MediBlue HMO Essential is a Medicare Advantage Plan without Prescription Drug Coverage. MediBlue [...]
Kentucky State Pension Fund in Bad Shape
Kentucky’s state pension is not in good shape even though reform was put in place through the General Assembly back in 2008. The article “State Pension Fund In Worse Shape Despite Reforms” by John Cheves on Kentucky.com talks about what’s going on with this pension plan and how it’s affecting Kentucky health insurance. The Kentucky [...]
Regence MedAdvantage by Regence Blue Shield
We are in the midst of Medicare open enrollment — which runs through December 7th this year — so we thought we would profile a number of Medicare Advantage plans for our readers. The first of these such plans is Regence Medadvantage, a Medicare Advantage PPO offered by Regence Blue Shield of Washington. There are [...]
Change In Medicare Open Enrollment Causing Confusion
Stuart Millard, a Certified Financial Planner, who heads Senior Insurance Solutions in Massachusetts says most people are confused by Medicare and very few are aware of the changes in open enrollment. According to the article “Key Change Could Screw Up Your 2012 Medicare” by Susan Ladika on FoxBusiness.com, many seniors are very accustomed to waiting [...]
