Many health care experts are concerned about the affect health care reform will have on current Medicare Advantage plans across the nation. According to the article “Obamacare Could Shut Out Medicare Advantage” by Marcia Davis-Seale on DailyTribune.com, about 50% of all seniors with Medicare Advantage will lose their plans because of payment cuts that will [...]
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Proposal for Medicare Vouchers
According to the article “Vouchers Proposed for Medicare in 2021″ by Jackie Calmes on NYTimes.com, Washington has proposed to turn Medicare into a voucher program in 2021, and also raise the retirement age and give states the ability to handle Medicaid through grants. This was proposed by two members of President Obama’s debt reduction commission, [...]
Stop Medicare Fraud
You may have seen some of the commercials on TV promoting www.stopmedicarefraud.com, talking about how Medicare fraud is prevalent and causing a lot of problems for the beneficiaries of Medicare. I visited the site to see what all the concern was about and it’s surprising. There is a small amount of bizarre criminal activity such [...]
Election Ads on Medicare Cuts
Election season is here and both parties are in the mode of pointing fingers at each other. One common theme is the cuts being made to Medicare and how this will affect Americans. The health care reform bill plans on slowing growth of Medicare by about $500 billion over the next ten years and this [...]
Health Care Reform Myths
There has been an exorbitant amount of information online about health care reform and what it entails. So much information is not always a good thing because many Americans are confused. The article “Fighting the Myths About Health Care Reform With Facts” by Robert Joiner on STLBeacon.org addresses three of the major myths about health care [...]
Medicare Fraud
According to the article “Largest Ever Medicare Fraud Scheme By Single Criminal Enterprise Busted” by Christian Nordqvist on MedicalNewsToday.com, a nation wide scheme has conned the system out of $160 million. Over 52 arrests have already occurred with possibly more to come. Security forces claim that this crime is the largest Medicare fraud scheme ever [...]
Medicare Prescription Drug Rebate
One of the new improvements in the health care reform benefiting seniors on Medicare is the closing of the “doughnut hole” in Medicare prescription drug plans according to the article on secondact.com by Mark Miller about The Medicare Prescription Drug Rebate. The “doughnut hole” of Medicare is the coverage gap that begins when a drug [...]
Medicare Supplement Insurance and Drug Plans
According to the article “More Than 3M Seniors Many Have to Switch Drug Plans” by Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar on Yahoo News, even if seniors are perfectly happy with their drug prescription plan they may have to switch plans. Many consumers are finding this very frustrating. This is due to an attempt by government to simplify seniors’ [...]
Medicare and Smoking
There is great news for Medicare recipients who smoke, but would like to quit. According to the article “Medicare Adds Tobacco Cessation Counseling Coverage” by Terry Martin on quit.smoking.about.com, Medicare will start paying for tobacco cessation counseling as of January 1, 2011. This new benefit is part of the Affordable Care Act and also includes [...]
State Farm Health Insurance: An Excellent Reputation
During this time of economic transition, it can be challenging to know who you can trust. Health insurance is undergoing a huge overhaul and health insurance companies are working hard to keep up. This is the time where having a big name health insurer will come in handy. You know a company such as State [...]
