Medicare & Other Health Insurance
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Watch Out for the “COBRA Bite”! COBRA Warning for People Eligible for Medicare
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Written by Bonnie Burns, Training & Policy Specialist If you are eligible for Medicare, regardless of whether you enroll in Medicare, COBRA insurance can bite you! What is COBRA? It’s a federal law, the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, that gives you the legal right to keep your employer health benefits that might otherwise end…
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New Medigap Bill Would Create an Annual Enrollment opportunity with no health screenings
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Currently, opportunities for Medicare beneficiaries to enroll in a Medigap policy without a health screening are few and far between. The main opportunity is when one first turns 65 and/or becomes eligible for Medicare, followed by other very specific and limited open enrollment and guaranteed issue rights corresponding to certain circumstances or life events. This…
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cHA Advocates for Consumer Protections from the “COBRA Bite”
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California Health Advocates submitted this letter to the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, the House Ways and Means Committee and Energy and Commerce Committee to advise on action taken to protect consumers from being subject to recovery payments from COBRA carriers. Specifically we speak on behalf of former employees who were eligible…
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PACT Act Brings Largest VA Health Care & Benefit Expansion in History
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If you or someone you love receives Veterans benefits, s/he may have their health care and/or benefits increased due to the recent PACT Act. This Act, perhaps the largest health care and benefit expansion in VA history, is a new law that expands VA health care and benefits for Veterans exposed to burn pits, Agent…
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Clarification on Military Service and Increased Social Security Benefits
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A misleading letter, from an unknown source, is circulating online that mentions a $1,200 special Social Security earnings credit for people who served in the military. We’re helping the Social Security Administration (SSA) make sure that veterans with active and inactive service have the appropriate information that they need and do not take unnecessary action. Here…
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