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Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! Medicare 2018 Details Are Released Part D is More Complicated Medicare Advantage Plans Have Improved Employer-Sponsored Plans Are Worse Gobble Gobble!!!

The MYM Podcast Returns... Why the Long Delay? Incredible Crossfire and Abuse of Platforms by Partisans from Every Angle Healthcare Reform Will Affect Certain Medicare People Healthcare Reform Will Affect Retirement Decision-Making If you are a caregiver, or an adult child to a senior parent, be sure to listen/read/subscribe! Be sure to subscribe and rate this Podcast on iTunes! Subscribe to the M...

You Know It's A Problem When... Kaiser Health News is as good as it gets, but it created the wrong title for this article. That is a huge problem, because if we cannot rely on KHN as a very good news source, then where is an everyday person to go (other than here, obviously). Here's a link to the article: http://khn.org/news/hospitals-worry-repeal-of-obamacare-would-jeopardize-innovations-in-care/...

Maximize Your Medicare Podcast 57: Medicare Advantage Disenrollment Period It ends on February 14th, but if you want to do this, then you need to start as soon as possible. Explanation is in the pod, and further comments on why caution is required. Also: Repeal and/or replace of the ACA can potentially affect Medicare Advantage. Register and check out GH2 Unfiltered. Be sure to subscribe to the MY...

The ACA (and Medicare) War Has Begun We need to understand how we got here. People don't understand what health insurance is (it is a financial contract). People confuse financial contracts with the healthcare system (which is your physician/hospitals, and the service they deliver). The ACA is about health insurance, not about healthcare. The ACA is a tax, but since people don't understand that he...

I was the guest on The Art Lewis Show. You can listen here. Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast!

Obamacare Had a Week Week: Does It Matter? Aetna announced its plans to withdraw entirely from health exchanges for pre-Medicare applicants. Does this really matter? Well, given the fact that that Medicare was the very reason for attempting to merge with Humana, another large Medicare plan provider, the answer must be yes. The podcast clears up some commonly-held, wrongly-placed beliefs. Bottom li...

Not Only In Michigan People can say I'm just a fear-monger. People can say "You're a seller, of course that is your view." The flip side of that coin is: "Maybe he has been paying attention, listening to the how confused everyone is, how under-informed everyone is, no matter where they are, no matter what their health or financial circumstances are, just maybe." Listen to the Confusion You'll hear...

Be sure to contribute (perks start at $10) to the 2nd book, Medicare Mayhem: Solutions for Stakeholders: copy and paste this link: https://igg.me/at/medicaremayhem When You Turn 65, Start Over (It's Good, Not Bad) You get to start over. Your selections are both wider and unlimited. Listen for details. Be sure to subscribe to this podcast on itunes or for your android.....

This Just In: We Don't Live in Isolation If you think we are immune from the ripple effects of #Brexit, you're mistaken. For starters, interest rates have gone lower, from already-incredibly low rates. The result? Retirement savings cannot generate earnings required to pay for retirement. Worse, if your advisor is telling you that you can invest for growth to pay, then that is also impaired. While...

What Does OJ Simpson Have to do with Medicare??? I spend a lot of time (arguably, an excessive amount) watching ESPN. A much heraleded, 5 episode documentary called O.J. Simpson: Made in America was recently released, so I have been busy. Anyways, I was thinking about how in the world the prosecution lost. And then I thought about the job the defense's legal team did, and of course, the jury's res...

JenningsWire.com is a great site, a really diverse set of information on a wide variety of topics. Stacy and I have worked together and the site is full of very helpful information. The link to the website is here!

Community Health Radio Podcast I was interviewed for a podcast and it is posted here, and on their website. Heritage Health is North Idaho’s premier provider of integrated medical, dental, and behavioral health services. Be sure to subscribe to the Maximize Your Medicare Podcast on iTunes, and feel free to send us your questions!

Interviewed on W4DIVAS.com Deb is a friend, and her audience appeals to those that believe in women helping themselves. Women know better than I: women are more frequently the caregiver to extended families. We talked about how to get signed up for Medicare, and important things that need consideration. Too frequently, people simply think that their spouse has them covered. That will depend on MAN...

This Isn't a Book or Movie Review Podcast, BUT... The book and the movie The Big Short appeal to our favorite national pastime, namely "Find Someone to Blame." When you attempt to use this attitude, without the complete set of facts, while considering Medicare, you may be making a mistake, and that mistake can feed on itself. And who suffers the consequences? Take one guess....

People Make Expensive Mistakes The podcast describes a situation where the married Medicare beneficiary has not been completely informed, and then the family makes the error even worse. Ugh. Don't forget to share this!

I received an email, titled "A Great Email from a Fellow Senior in Mesa, Arizona." It is totally, utterly wrong. It will do much more harm than anything else. Here's why.

CIGNA had sales of its Medicare Advantage and Part D plans suspended by the CMS. That isn't very comforting, of course, but it highlights the severe penalties that the CMS can impose. Employees of small businesses have the right to delay enrollment in Part B if they are covered by the health insurance provided by the employer. However, beginning in July 2017, the existing plan may not provide cove...

This Happens: billing departments, patient advocates, Division on Aging (MAPP) don't have the correct, updated information. This is particularly worrisome, since many patients rely on this (incorrect) information. Also, the General Enrollment Period ends on March 31st. For those that have not enrolled in Medicare Part A and/or Part B when first turning 65, or after they retire (if after the age of...

January 1 - February 14: Medicare Advantage Disenrollment Period Happy New Year! If you want to switch to Medigap, you need to do so NOW. The reason: there are multiple steps, and the order matters. Questions, feedback: jae@maximizeyourmedicare.com

Medicare changes keep coming, and you can expect more in the future. THE MARKET CHANGES because there are 55 Million Medicare beneficiaries, 10000 turn 65 years old every day, and oh yeah, the government is running a deficit (if you didn't already know this. Add in the fact that carriers are competing for your business while they are trying to remain profitable, and you don't need to know anything...

Medicare's "Doc Fix" will affect Medicare beneficiaries, because the bottom line is that someone has to pay. This should not be a surprise to anyone, so the question is how to deal with the inevitable. Subscribe to the Maximize Your Medicare Podcast click HERE.

The PPACA is being challenged in the Supreme Court. My comments. Subscribe to the Maximize Your Medicare Podcast click HERE.

Genworth is a carrier of Long-Term Care insurance. It continues to report losses, and I describe how this could've happened, and how it affects Medicare beneficiaries. Subscribe to the Maximize Your Medicare Podcast click HERE.