Insurance Commissioner, Ricardo Lara, recently announced new insurance protections with increased payouts and evacuation benefits for wildfire survivors. These larger payments, more generous, mandated benefits and less "red tape" will help people recover more quickly from the devastating loss of losing their home to wildfire. These increased protections are the result of … [Read more...] about New Insurance Protections in Place for Wildfire Survivors
Got Medicare Coverage Problems? Let’s Troubleshoot
Medicare is complicated and it's not always easy to know if a service or item you need is covered. Below are four main points, outlined in Medicare Rights Center's and SMP's July Medicare Minute article, to help troubleshoot any potential Medicare coverage problems. Point 1: Learn Medicare coverage rules. You do not need to know all of Medicare’s coverage rules, but … [Read more...] about Got Medicare Coverage Problems? Let’s Troubleshoot
Do You Have Your Own “Health Care Tracker”?
Our California Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) has a new fraud-fighting tool available. It's called My Health Care Tracker, is available in English and Spanish and it can help beneficiaries prevent, detect and report suspected Medicare fraud. How? Let's read more about it, as shared on the SMP National Resource Center website... My Health Care Trackers offer: A place for … [Read more...] about Do You Have Your Own “Health Care Tracker”?
Got Your Vaccine? Watch for COVID Vaccine Survey Scams
Since the COVID vaccines have come out, so have COVID vaccine survey scams. The Department of Justice recently reported that people across the country are receiving emails and/or texts that offer a “free” prize for filling out a COVID vaccine survey. They are told they’ll receive a free gift, such as an iPad, for compensation for completing the survey. All they have to do is … [Read more...] about Got Your Vaccine? Watch for COVID Vaccine Survey Scams
COVID-19 Funeral Assistance Available
Families around the country have suffered greatly in losing loved ones to COVID-19. FEMA, the government agency whose mission is to help people before, during and after disasters, recently announced its funeral assistance program to help ease some of the financial burdens and stress from the death of a family member(s) due to the virus. Under the Coronavirus Response and … [Read more...] about COVID-19 Funeral Assistance Available
