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This past week, two patients complained to me about changes in the insurance co-payments required by their employers. A patient worked for 3M, retired, and signed up for Medicare. Previously, 3M had been paying for her Medicare supplemental insurance. She is now receiving therapy for her breast cancer. she told me the insurance administrator has just notified her that the payments for her Medicare supplement plan would be discontinued at the end of the year. …
Over the age of 65, most people are enrolled in Medicare. However the economy and deterioration of the value of retirement accounts has forced many senior citizens to reconsider the expense of Medicare. Often seniors become confused about their best insurance decisions. To compound the dilemmas of senior health, reduced Medicare payments have convinced many doctors to stop accepting new Medicare patients, suspend…
The end of the year is quickly approaching, which typically means open enrollment time for employer-based health plans, as well as Medicare, is also approaching. Now more than ever is the time to seriously consider your options for health care, and to know what is best for yourself.
Health care and the health care industry are changing fast. Not only are health plans altering their covered benefits and adjusting their premiums, but physicians are changing…