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CHA Weighs in on Medigaps & Innovative Benefits
Bonnie Burns, our Training and Policy Specialist and also long-time consumer representative of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners...
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Keep Medigap Plans Standardized ~ Support SB 407
Approximately 11 million Medicare beneficiaries have Medicare Supplement insurance, better known as Medigap. Medigap pays some or all of...
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COBRA Warning for People Eligible for Medicare
If you are eligible for Medicare, regardless of whether you signed up for it, COBRA can bite you! COBRA...
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VA’s New Final Rule Affects Several of its Needs-Based Programs
Earlier this month, the Department of Veteran Affairs’ new final rule went into affect, which significantly impacts the VA...
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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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Administration Imposes Deep Cuts to Grants Helping Americans Buy ACA Plans…Again
Earlier this month the Trump Administration took more actions towards sabotaging the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and people’s access...
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Newly Introduced Bill Would Strengthen Medigaps & Consumer Protections
Earlier this month, Representative Sandy Levin (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, introduced the Medigap...
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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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How Does Medicare Work with Federal & Military Benefits?
Medicare coverage works differently with other kinds of insurance. Below is an explanation on how Medicare works with federal...
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Equitable Relief Waiver of Part B Penalties Ends Sept 30 ~ Apply Now
Note: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has extended the deadline through Sept 30, 2018. See our blog...