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Medicare Minute May 2018

Does Medicare Cover Prescription Drugs? In general, you will have your doctor-ordered drug prescription filled by using your Medicare Advantage plan (which includes your drug coverage in most cases) or your Part D drug plan that you have with Original Medicare...

Medicare Minute April 2018

Plan F, Plan G, or Plan N? For those of us who already have a Medicare Supplement (otherwise known as a Medigap), you were shopping for coverage that would supplement your Medicare Part A&Part B medical coverage. There is tremendous confusion, as many people in...

Medicare Minute March 2018

New Medicare Cards! The long-anticipated wait is over and those Medicare Cards that have your Social Security number as your Medicare ID number are going to be a thing of the past. Starting in April 2018 and continuing through April of 2019, Medicare will be mailing...

Medicare Minute-Medicare and Masks

CPAP’s are oxygen delivery system masks that help folks breathe easier. There is an entire regulation of what items and when you can purchase and or replace the working parts, or units in whole. Medicare will pay for many durable medical equipment needs but keep in...

Medicare and Long-Term Care? What is it and what’s covered?

The high cost of long-term care is what most folks are concerned about. When discussing this with clients, the one thing we ask is “What’s your plan?” Many people take this as what long- term care policy do you have in place when I mean nothing of the sort. I asked...