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Medicare Advantage disenrollment 16 Jan 2013 | 09:52 pm
If you wish to leave your Medicare Advantage plan and sign up for Original Medicare, you can do so during the Medicare Advantage Disenrollment Period. The disenrollment period runs from Jan. 1 to Feb....
Disability and long-term care: What’s next? 8 Jan 2013 | 01:00 am
Howard Gleckman, one of the nation’s leading experts on family caregiving and long-term care and author of Caring for our Parents, talks with Harold Pollack about the nation's looming national disabil...
ACA’s CLASS Act pushed over the fiscal cliff 2 Jan 2013 | 10:29 pm
CLASS was designed to complement private long-term care insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, and public disability programs. For Medicare recipients living in their own homes, CLASS would cover important se...
2012 Medicare open enrollment update 17 Oct 2012 | 12:51 am
After 40 years of existence Medicare, should be getting easier to understand. Unfortunately, government programs become more complex, not easier. Changes are always afoot with the nation’s largest med...
Medicare: know your limits and your doctor 4 Apr 2012 | 08:06 am
Whether you are enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan, only basic Medicare, or Medicare with a supplement (or gap) plan, there are aspects of Medicare that are hidden and can bite you hard if you don'...
What seniors should expect from ACOs 11 Jan 2012 | 11:28 am
Dr. Linda Bergthold has been a health care consultant and researcher for over 25 years. She worked on the Clinton Health Reform plan and was the head of the Obama health care blog team in 2008. She al...
Medicare open enrollment period deadline 1 Dec 2011 | 09:07 am
Dr. Linda Bergthold has been a health care consultant and researcher for over 25 years. She worked on the Clinton Health Reform plan and was the head of the Obama health care blog team in 2008. She al...
It’s a mad, mad Medicare system: Part 5 31 Aug 2011 | 04:56 am
The following is the fifth report from Guest Contributor Glenn Tornell, who’s investigating the “mad, mad, mad, mad Medicare system” as a prospective enrollee and then – with any luck – a beneficiary....
It’s a mad, mad Medicare system: Part 4 29 Jul 2011 | 07:00 am
Here’s a perfect gift for a 65th birthday: a paper shredder. Before you hit that magical Medicare age, you’ll be subjected to a tsunami of birthday greetings from some of your best buddies in the insu...
Medicare out-of-pocket costs 15 Jul 2011 | 05:30 am
Overall, out-of-pockets costs have grown steadily for the average Medicare recipient over the years. Medicare spending as a percentage of a person's income has risen from 11.8 percent in 1998 to 16.2 ...
