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With Thanksgiving and Black Friday over, the Medicare deadline is the next big date

November 28, 2011November 28, 2011 Julie Campbell

With the Thanksgiving turkey eaten and Black Friday’s discount-hunting madness behind them, consumers have started to use the final two weeks left for open Medicare enrollment to do their last minute insurance shopping. Senior citizens are now starting to run out of time for choosing a new Medicare prescription drug or Advantage plan if they want to alter their current coverage. The deadline for Medicare’s open enrollment has been moved to December 7 from its traditional December 31 as a result of the 2010 federal healthcare laws. The reason for…

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Over half of seniors using exchange for private Medicare plan to reevaluate in 2011 AEP

November 16, 2011November 16, 2011 Marc

A survey that included the participation of 372 seniors who have previously bought private supplemental Medicare plans showed that 58 percent are now using the 2011Medicare Annual Enrollment Period (AEP) to rethink their insurance needs. When the seniors were asked why they were reevaluating their plans, the top three reasons were: • 45 percent wanted to make certain that they were receiving the best coverage for their needs • 19 percent had experienced an increase in premiums • 9 percent had experienced an increase in out-of-pocket expenses. Another 35 percent…

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Learning more about healthcare and open enrollment for Medicare

November 14, 2011May 7, 2013

The Medicare open enrollment period is already well underway, as is the healthcare enrollment for people who receive health insurance from their employers and individuals who haven’t yet gone over their current coverage package for 2012 are being advised to hurry up and get started. For those individuals who haven’t yet missed their window of opportunity for changes in employer-sponsored insurance, the sooner they have a look at their current health insurance and compare it to what is available, the better, because any changes that are made by employers or…

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Medicare issues that baby boomers should understand

November 12, 2011May 7, 2013

An eHealth Inc. subsidiary, PlanPrescriber, has issued its “Top 6 List”, which is a report that contains issues that individuals who are considering the Medicare Supplement plan – especially baby boomers – will want to think about before the end of the 2012 Medicare Annual Enrollment Period. This period started on October 15, 2011, and will continue until December 7, 2011. In the majority of circumstances, beneficiaries of Medicare who also have a supplement plan and want to alter their prescription drug coverage in Part D for next year will…

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The Medicare Information Solution: part 1

November 3, 2011November 3, 2011 Marc

Health insurance can be a concern throughout a person’s entire life, but Medicare helps to ease that anxiety once retirement age comes around. However, that doesn’t mean that there aren’t any concerns about Medicare itself. Primarily, this consists of which programs to choose. As a senior citizen, healthcare coverage can be quite complicated, as the system is based upon a number of different forms of insurance, some of which are public, and others that are private. One person may require up to four different insurance programs; each of which needs…

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An overview of Medicare plans and what they cover

October 15, 2011October 15, 2011 Julie Campbell

Medicare health insurance is a program that is federally administered and is made available to people with certain specific forms of disability, permanent kidney failure, or people who are 65 years of age or older. There are several different types of Medicare plans, the basics of which are as follows: • Medicare Part A – provides coverage for hospital care (among institutions that accept Medicare) and has no monthly premium for its beneficiaries, as long as they have been employed and have paid FICA taxes for a minimum of a…

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UnitedHealth launched new initiative to make hearing aids available to more Americans

October 4, 2011May 8, 2013

The UnitedHealth Group, one of the largest health insurance companies in the U.S., has announced that it will begin offering hearing aids as part of its myriad of health care products. The company has introduced four different kinds of hearing aids each made by IntriCon Corp., a manufacturer of small medical devices. UnitedHealth has begun offering hearing aids as part of a way to promote Medicare enrollment. The company will be offering hearing aids for eligible Medicare plan members at retail prices, which will be lower than prices found outside…

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