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Starting your Medicare journey doesn't have to be a stressful experience. Since we’ve helped thousands of people transition into the Medicare system, we’ll break things down for you and help you create your personal roadmap to make life a bit easier when it comes to your Medicare coverage. Step 1. Determine if and when you need Medicare coverage. This may seem a bit silly as you might think …
Medicare Advantage
Medicare Advantage: How to Choose the Best Plan for 2023 (Part 1)
You might be here because you are anticipating the relatively high number of brochures promoting the best Medicare Advantage plan for you in the coming year. However, the process is not as simple as selecting a plan based on the information you see in promotional brochures. Indeed, no one can just simply determine which Medicare Advantage plan is the “best” without proper research. The best …
How Can a Medicare Advantage Plan Benefit You?
A Medicare Advantage Plan can offer several benefits, including lower out-of-pocket costs, more comprehensive coverage options, and more personalized care compared to Original Medicare only. If you are considering enrolling in a Medicare Advantage Plan, you must compare your options to find the right plan for you. Here are some of its best benefits: 1. Dental, Vision, and Hearing …
How the Inflation Reduction Act can Change Medicare for the Better
As of its passing, the Inflation Reduction Act will aim to reduce the cost of prescription drugs covered by Medicare, thereby saving money for the Medicare program and its beneficiaries and improving Medicare benefits. How? The bill will require the federal government to negotiate with drug manufacturers to get lower prices for high-cost drugs. Drug companies will also pay Medicare rebates if …
5 Important Questions to Ask about Medicare Advantage
Many people are not satisfied with only having coverage through Original Medicare (Part A and B); that's why they choose to enroll in Medicare Advantage. These plans are contracted with Medicare and are paid a fixed amount from the federal government to provide an alternative to Medicare benefits. However, not all Medicare Advantage plans are created the same. Even though they have a common …
Michigan Medicare News Flash – Trinity Health and Aetna
Trinity Health and Aetna are currently negotiating their contract with one another. The current contract expires at 11:59pm on December 31, 2021. What does this mean to you? If you have a Medicare Advantage plan with Aetna: If things are not resolved, you could find yourself with a situation where your doctors and hospitals are considered out-of-network and you could incur higher cost …
Is Medicare Advantage “GOOD” or “BAD” ?
You see all of the commercials advertising for Medicare Advantage Plans. They talk about free dental built into the plan, your prescription coverage is built in and you get a gym membership on top of that. Your friends might tell you that they LOVE their Medicare Advantage Plan. In our backyard here in Michigan, you may have seen the plans. Priority Health Edge Plan, Key Plan or BCBSM (Blue Cross …
Growth… Helpers… Millennials & Boomers…!
As we wind down the summer, Boomer Health Group is prepping for FALL! What does Fall mean to us? Chaos. Good chaos, but chaos. The Annual Election Period opens up on October 15. It ends December 7. During that time period, there are hundreds of confused people that we help to guide to good Medicare choices. It's rewarding, it's fun, it's exhausting, and - it's coming! Also ahead of that …
Helpers Are Out There!
Check out the BLOG HERE written by my friend Cathy Sikorski! We're all just sort of our here wanting to educate and help. Cathy is a fun speaker that shares her years of estate planning (and lack there of) experience in order to help people plan ahead. …
COBRA; beware.
Wow, did we hit the "COBRA cases" last week! It was very strange, seemed we kept getting calls from people that had bad, or shall we say really no, advice about how to handle Medicare AND COBRA coverage. We had a Florida person that started COBRA last spring. All is well other than the fact that he's 69 years old and has only Medicare Part A. Gwynn coached him through going to get his Part B of …