Articles on Medicare
Medicare beneficiaries beware and be careful. I just got a phone call from a person claiming to want to meet with me to explain the new Medicare number and review my current benefits. This is clearly an HHS (Health & Human Services) violation because Medicare brokers shouldn’t be cold calling…
CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) just announced that the Trump Administration has instructed this agency to reduce drug costs for Medicare recipients starting in 2019. This is a copy of the announcement released yesterday (April 2, 2018) “The final policies announced today further the Trump Administration’s commitment to…
The new Medicare cards have been announced by CMS but what does that mean for you? Between April of 2018 and April of 2019, CMS will be issuing new Medicare ID cards. The reason is quite simple. The current ID cards use your social security number with an alpha code…
Ok, you’ve made the decision to retire and now are faced with some very important decisions. Should I take COBRA or go on Medicare? COBRA I’ve reached my deductible for the year and would like to continue on COBRA at least until the end of the year and then go…
