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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...
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Navigating Medicare & the Health Insurance Marketplace
Many people purchase their health insurance through the Health Insurance Marketplaces established by the Affordable Care Act in 2010....
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How Does Medicare Work with Current Employee Insurance?
When you have Medicare and other insurance, Medicare either pays first (primary) or second (secondary) for your health care....
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Do You Know Your Medigap Guaranteed Issue Rights?
Medigap policies are a form of private supplemental insurance that pay for part or all of Medicare’s coinsurance and...
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Are Medical Costs Taking a Toll?
Yes, and a big one. Over 26% of people in a recent poll said that health care costs posed...
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Can I Keep My Medigap Plan C or F?
You not only can keep a Medigap Plan C or F if you have one, there is no legitimate...
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Time for CalPERS Members to Review Their Medicare Coverage Options for 2016
While Medicare’s fall open enrollment will begin in a few weeks on Oct 15, CalPERS (California Public Employee Retirement...
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Doc Fix and H.R. 2 ~ It Could Have Been Worse
After 17 “doc fix” patches in the past 11 years, Congress finally passed a bill to replace a broken...
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Budget Proposals Look to Medicare for Savings & Shift Costs to Beneficiaries
Both the House and Senate released their budget proposals for fiscal year 2016 in mid March. Both proposals aim...
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Do You Have Skin in the Medicare Game? ~ a commentary by Bonnie Burns
The term “skin in the game” was used frequently in Congressional Medicare hearings last year and continues again this...