Medicare & Other Health Insurance

COBRA Warning for People Eligible for Medicare
By Karen Fletcher on January 15, 2019
If you are eligible for Medicare, regardless of whether you signed up for it, COBRA can bite you! COBRA...
0
VA’s New Final Rule Affects Several of its Needs-Based Programs
By Karen Fletcher on October 30, 2018
Earlier this month, the Department of Veteran Affairs’ new final rule went into affect, which significantly impacts the VA...
0
Be Informed with the Medicare Fully Informed Project
By Karen Fletcher on October 17, 2018
Each year during Medicare’s Open Enrollment (Oct 15- Dec 7), beneficiaries are inundated with marketing materials from growing numbers...
0
Administration Imposes Deep Cuts to Grants Helping Americans Buy ACA Plans…Again
By Karen Fletcher on July 30, 2018
Earlier this month the Trump Administration took more actions towards sabotaging the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and people’s access...
0
Newly Introduced Bill Would Strengthen Medigaps & Consumer Protections
By Karen Fletcher on July 24, 2018
Earlier this month, Representative Sandy Levin (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, introduced the Medigap...
0
Report Exposes Major Shortcomings in Medicare Plan Finder
By Karen Fletcher on May 16, 2018
Medicare beneficiaries and those becoming newly eligible for Medicare are repeatedly told to turn to the federal government’s Medicare...
0
How Does Medicare Work with Federal & Military Benefits?
By Karen Fletcher on April 5, 2018
Medicare coverage works differently with other kinds of insurance. Below is an explanation on how Medicare works with federal...
0
Equitable Relief Waiver of Part B Penalties Ends Sept 30 ~ Apply Now
By Karen Fletcher on September 1, 2017
Note: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has extended the deadline through Sept 30, 2018. See our blog...
0
Navigating Medicare & the Health Insurance Marketplace
By Karen Fletcher on July 7, 2017
Many people purchase their health insurance through the Health Insurance Marketplaces established by the Affordable Care Act in 2010....
0
How Does Medicare Work with Current Employee Insurance?
By Karen Fletcher on April 20, 2017
When you have Medicare and other insurance, Medicare either pays first (primary) or second (secondary) for your health care....
0

Send Us Comment

Do you have comments or concerns about your Medicare coverage? Issues regarding getting your needed prescriptions from your Part D plan, or a Medicare Advantage plan representative's marketing practices? Let us know at comments@cahealthadvocates.org.

We are dedicated to making Medicare's program work well for all beneficiaries. Your feedback from your own or your client's concerns and experiences with Medicare, will guide our Medicare advocacy efforts with key policy and decision-makers in both California and nationally with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and Congress.

Sign up for our newsletter