Medicare Advantage Under Attack?
Cuts in payments to the private insurance companies running Medicare Advantage plans will start in 2010. Medicare Advantage enrollees will have to wait until October to learn how their plan benefits...
View ArticleEnrollment in Medicare Advantage high in some states
If Medicare Advantage plans impose higher premiums and higher co-payments for servcies, over 10 million people enrolled in these plans will be affected. In some states the numbers are quite high. The...
View ArticleMedicare Advantage cuts according to AHIP
October 2009: America’s Health Insurance Plans released the following statement at the end of September, 2009 regarding the impact of proposed cuts to Medicare Advantage: FACT: The impact of proposed...
View ArticleMedicare Supplements cost Medicare more
A study of Medicare claims shows that seniors with a Plan F Medicare Supplement use more health care services than those who have co-payments. The post Medicare Supplements cost Medicare more appeared...
View ArticleFree Healthcare for seniors….in Florida
Dade County, Florida has 81 Medicare Advantage plans and most of the HMO plans offer seniors practically-free healthcare. $0 premium; $0 co-pay for hospitalization; $0 to see doctors. At the same time,...
View ArticleHealth Care Reform Law and Medicare
The Health Care Reform Law will affect Medicare in many ways. Cuts to Medicare Advantage plans and increases for primary care doctors are just some of the changes. The list is from The Medicare Rights...
View ArticleHealth Care Reform Law and Part D
All the delays in passing the health care reform bill will also delay positive changes to Part D coverage. Seniors were supposed to get relief this year, but it appears that people who fall into the...
View ArticleMedicare Independent Payment Advisory Board
In the long list of provisions in the health care reform law that will affect Medicare, it looks like the most important element is the Independent Payment Advisory Board. This appointed board will...
View ArticleMedicare Advantage: No Cuts in Election Year
Medicare Advantage plans will not face big payment cuts until 2012 as a result of the health care reform bill, avoiding a political hot potato in the 2010 election year. The post Medicare Advantage: No...
View ArticleReplacing Obamacare
Here is my opinion on replacing Obamacare. It’s complicated. Replacing Obamacare is complicated because health insurance is complicated. View this video presentation of my opinion on repealing and...
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