Medicare For The Lazy Man Podcast

 MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MINUTE:                                                                 "DENY, DENY, DENY!" BY REJECTING CLAIMS MA PLANS THREATEN RURAL HOSPITALS AND PATIENTS!                                                                    YOUR MEDICARE BENEFITS 2025:                                                          WALKERS    Next item is lists of states with the highest percentage...

   MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MINUTE:                                                                    THE NINE DISADVANTAGES OF MEDICARE ADVANTAGE    YOUR MEDICARE BENEFITS 2025:                                                             VIRTUAL CHECK-INS                                                 Wrapped up the episode with a festive Christmas quiz! Contact me at:  DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most sever...

      MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MINUTE:                                                           WATCH OUT FOR THE "MEDIGAP TRAP"                       YOUR MEDICARE BENEFIT 2025:                                                        URGENTLY NEEDED CARE        OBAMACARE: the parties are preparing to wrestle over the imploding health insurance plans we have been stuck with for 15 years. The Dems want t...

     MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MINUTE:                                                         Medicare vs. Medicare Advantage: Ill Health often Leads to a Plan Switch                      YOUR MEDICARE BENEFIT 2025:                                                                 Travel Outside the USA  Correspondence from Anita in Fountain Hills, AZ: She has Medicare supplement Plan G but wants to consi...

     MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MINUTE:                                                             JUDGE SIDES WITH HUMANA; TOSSES OUT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AUDIT RULE. FAILS TO RECOVER $4.7 BILLION IN GOVERNMENT OVERPAYMENTS TO INSURANCE PLANS.      YOUR MEDICARE BENEFIT 2025:                                                           TRANSITIONAL CARE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS. Analysis of the typical situation...

     MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MINUTE:                                                                WHY MA CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS ARE GETTING HEATED      YOUR MEDICARE BENEFITS 2025:                                                       TRACTION EQUIPMENT Close friend Marlene figured out how to send me a lively online discussion regarding the new Medicare experiment with Prior Authorization. She saw my...

     MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MINUTE:                                                             Payors Continue to Predict MA Marketplace Enrollment Losses      YOUR MEDICARE BENEFITS 2025:                                                         Therapeutic shoes or inserts A review of the magnificent extravaganza that was Toni King's "Confused By Medicare" webinar! I wish she hadn't made up a B.S. st...

     MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MINUTE:                                                                  MA plans may limit radiation treatment options for cancer; increase the cost & duration of car!      YOUR MEDICARE BENEFITS 2025:                                                               Telehealth Major work has begun on "Medicare for the Lazy Man 2026". This is the most difficult time of yea...

     MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MINUTE:                                                                  MA plan member satisfaction facing headwinds!      YOUR MEDICARE BENEFITS 2025:                                                                TDAP (Tetanus, Diphtheria and Pertussis) shots Advice from Diane Omdahl: Review your drug plan in case the government plan finder "glitches". Correspondence: Pe...

     MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MINUTE:                                                                   Are Medicare Advantage's glory days over? Some think so!      YOUR MEDICARE BENEFITS 2025:                                                               Swing bed services How about some obesity drugs? Thanks to Trump, Medicare will cover weight loss medications for the first time in history.         ...

     MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MINUTE:                                                         Informed consent: The key to preventing big Medicare Advantage mistakes!      YOUR MEDICARE BENEFITS 2025:                                                            Surgical Dressings Enjoy some correspondence from clients or wannabe clients:      Ken & Mrs. Ken sent their heartfelt thanks for the help wit...

     MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MINUTE: New United Healthcare CFO plans to restore the company's "swager"!      YOUR MEDICARE BENEFITS 2025: Surgery Lipitor (Atorvastatin) has endured a very large recall that may affect hundreds of thousands of users; There might be a pattern of lapses in drugs manufactured overseas. Finally, I examine the very small rate increases enjoyed by those insured by High Deducti...

     MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MINUTE:                                                                  MA enrollees have access to only about half of the physicians that would be available to traditional Medicare participants                                                     (those in Original Medicare with a Medicare supplement)      YOUR MEDICARE BENEFITS 2025:                                       ...

Correction: Its "Medicare for the Lazy Man; BARE BONES" (not BIG BONES)! MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MINUTE:                                                                  MA premiums drop in 2026; Here's how hidden costs could still hit your wallet!      YOUR MEDICARE BENEFITS 2025:                                                           Speech-language pathology services! Four states have issued ceas...

     Medicare Advantage Minute:                                                                          Major Insurers Scale Back MA and Part D Drug Plans for 2026.      YOUR MEDICARE BENEFITS 2025:                                                                          Social Determinants of Health Risk Assessment Ten year Medicare supplement rate increase history used as a sales tool, from BC/...

     Medicare Advantage Minute:                                                                         House Democrats Introduce Legislation to Stop Prior Authorization Pilot!      Your Medicare Benefits 2025:                                                                          Sleep Studies How the government shutdown affects Medicare! (Spoiler alert: It doesn't) Concierge medicine described...

      Medicare Advantage Minute:                                                                      United Healthcare Projects A 1,000,000 Member Drop in Medicare Advantage Enrollment      Your Medicare Benefits 2025:                                                                              Skilled Nursing Facility Care Correspondence with client Richard: He wondered whether he had to "re-up"...

          Medicare Advantage Minute:                                                                              Want to watch a highly entertaining documentary about a type of Medicare insurance to be avoided like the plague? Type this into the YouTube search window: "Medicare Advantage: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver"           Your Medicare Benefits 2025:                                   ...

         Medicare Advantage Minute:                                                                                Medicare users could soon lose perks they love, like choosing their own doctors!           Your Medicare Benefits 2025:                                                                            Shingles Shots We review recent rate increase filings in various states by various insuran...

         Medicare Advantage Minute:                                                                               Mayo Clinic warns that it won't take most Advantage plans (in Phoenix, AZ and Jacksonville, FL).         Your Medicare Benefits 2025:                                                                           Sexually Transmitted Infection Screenings Correspondence, consisting of questi...

Medicare Advantage Minute:                                                                                               An article by Medicare Advantage plan boss Sachin H. Jain lays out the top 5 reasons for turmoil in the MA markets. Your Medicare Benefits 2025:                                                                                               Second Surgical Opinions (and even third...

Medicare Advantage Minute:                                                                                                  Four Things to Know About the Medicare Prior Authorization Pilot Program.  The existence of this experiment just might be the first step down a very slippery slope!  Your Medicare Benefits 2025:                                                                                 ...

Medicare Advantage Minute:                                                                                                  Stop the Health Insurers' Raid on the Treasury! Your Medicare Benefits 2025:                                                                                                  Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Shot Stalker Suzy reviews Hey Moe's Melinda Caughill's appearance on...

For the first time in history another Medicare expert joins us (via ZOOM) to shed some light on a complicated Medicare problem: How to select the best available prescription drug plan without having to deal with any annoying insurance agents! We welcome Melinda Caughill from HeyMOE.com to explain their brand new service. MOE stands for "Medicare Open Enrollment" and Hey is a call to action (I gues...

Medicare Advantage Minute:                                                                                      33 Health Systems are Dropping Medicare Advantage Plans!                               Why might this be? Cited reasons include prior authorization problems and slow payments! Your Medicare Benefits 2025:                                                                          Religious...