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Be Informed with the Medicare Fully Informed Project
Each year during Medicare’s Open Enrollment (Oct 15- Dec 7), beneficiaries are inundated with marketing materials from growing numbers...
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Medicare’s Open Enrollment Starts Oct 15th ~ Check Your Coverage Options & Your Mail
Medicare’s annual fall Open Enrollment is almost here! Running from October 15 – December 7, this is an important...
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Medicare Cost Plans Ending by 2019 ~ Make Sure Members Know Their Rights
While many people haven’t heard of Medicare Cost plans, those who have often see them as the “best of...
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Be Aware of Agent Misconduct ~ Know Medicare’s Marketing Rules
With Medicare’s fall open enrollment period just a couple months away (Oct 15 – Dec 7), it’s good to...
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Special Election Period Changes for Dual Eligibles & Others with Extra Help, Starting in January 2019
Currently people who have both Medicare and full Medi-Cal coverage and others who have the Extra Help are allowed...
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DHCS Allows Brokers to Market Cal MediConnect Plans
Despite opposition from California Health Advocates and other advocates statewide, California’s Department of Heath Care Services (DHCS) recently approved a new...
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CHA Voices Concern & Opposition in Proposed Changes to Allow Brokers to Enroll Dual Eligibles into Cal MediConnect
California Health Advocates, along with numerous advocates across the state, submitted this letter to express our deep concerns and...
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Report Exposes Major Shortcomings in Medicare Plan Finder
Medicare beneficiaries and those becoming newly eligible for Medicare are repeatedly told to turn to the federal government’s Medicare...
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Medicare vs. Medicare Advantage ~ Sicker Patients Tend to Opt for Original Medicare
Medicare Advantage plans are enrolling more and more beneficiaries with their attractive premiums and advertised “comprehensive and coordinated” care all...
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How Does the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 Affect Medicare?
In early February, Congress passed the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 which includes several changes to the Medicare program...
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