Helping people enroll in a health insurance plan is like solving a puzzle – a health insurance puzzle.
Health Insurance Puzzle
Medicare Advantage Home Visits
I got a call from a client who is very annoyed by phone calls from her Medicare Advantage plan asking her to agree to a home visit from a company nurse. Asta asked me if she had to comply…
Medicare and HSA
How can a health savings account be used with Medicare? A client asked me this question recently. She is self-employed. She is turning 65 in July, and she has $10,000 in a health savings account (HSA). Irene enrolled in a…
Understanding Health Insurance
Millions of people now have health insurance because of Obamacare. But do they understand how to use it? For many people, even those with a college education, the answer is “no”. I recently got a call from a client who…
Medicare and the TPP
The Trans Pacific Partnership is a free trade deal being negotiated in secret. Some of the rules, written in secret, affect Medicare, Medicaid VA drug costs. When it comes to Medicare and the TPP, it will mean higher drug costs for seniors and perhaps the end of discounted prices for those who go into the donut hole.
Help with Medicare Costs
help with medicare costs includes paying the Part B premium and, for qualified medicare beneficiaries, the state will pay their co-pays and deductibles.