More Protection for Seniors

A new Medicare drug benefit was introduced to Medicare beneficiaries on January 1, 2006. Since then, seniors across the state have been inundated with mail, phone calls, and door-to-door solicitations from insurance agents and companies selling Medicare Advantage Plans and Medicare Prescription Drug Plans. Recently, however, a new federal rule was proposed that should offer the elderly some relief. [Read more...]

What Is Medicare?

Title XVIII of the Social Security Act (Medicare) was implemented in 1966 to provide health insurance coverage to all Americans over the age of 65. Eventually, the program was expanded to include people that are legally blind, suffer from End-Stage Renal Disease, or are disabled and collecting Social Security Disability Benefits. [Read more...]

Beware the Medicare Advantage Salesperson

I received a call a short time ago from a woman calling on her mother’s behalf. The mother lives near the local office, but the daughter lives over 200 miles away. Why am I telling you this? [Read more...]