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Too many "B's"..... This time we're talking about Medigap Plan B. (Not Medicare's Part B). Medigap has the "alphabet soup" of plans, remember? We don't often see Plan B's but they are out there! Please take 30 minutes with us to review your plan every so often.... Here's why. We had a person call for assistance this week. She has Medigap Plan B and has been in a skilled nursing home for..... …
Medicare
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 …
Healthcare Peace of Mind
As many of you realize, we at Boomer Health Group do a LOT of our work virtually (i.e. over the phone - yes, the archaic PHONE!). We do a lot nationally; state to state.... So, it wasn't unusual at all to talk to a woman out west about her situation. She's turning 65, no spouse and had a cancer diagnosis a few years back and was treated at MD Anderson. When we hear that someone has a condition …
Group Medigap
People know that we're Medigap fans (in terms of the extensive coverage it provides a Medicare beneficiary). GROUP Medigap is quickly becoming one of our favorites as well! Most people aren't aware that it's out there so we have our listening ears on pretty well as we deal with new referrals to us. Here's the traditional referral to us: "I've got a business owner turning 65 and he's not sure if …
Helpers
I have to say that the most overwhelming thing that I've learned in handling 100% Medicare is that at the end of the day, to do a good job and be successful it's a pretty simple recipe on our end. Help people. That's it. Do what you say you will, look for answers to their problem and help them. The result is less stress in their world and (what I feel will be) clients for life. Five years …
Field of Dreams
If you know me, you know I don't watch much TV nor many movies, but I DO often think of the Field of Dreams line "If you build it; they will come". We're building it; they're coming. I'm reflecting this holiday weekend over coffee and wow, has it been a whirlwind five months! Again, as many of you know, we began the Boomer Health Group journey in January, 2018 after spending time along the way …
Medicare Advantage Plans
Sooooo, people think that we "don't like" Medicare Advantage plans. Welllll, that's incorrect. What we don't like is the fact that many, many, many of those that we meet age 65 and over aren't quite presented TWO products as their avenues to "supplement" their Medicare coverage. Pull out the 2018 Medicare & You Handbook. Page 5. This page pretty clearly states that there are two paths to …
Getting the Right MediGap Plan
We spend a lot of time talking with Medicare beneficiaries about healthcare costs. Often, the plan that a person signs up with at age 65 comes with costs that they just weren’t aware of. Think about it. If you aren’t using your health insurance, everything is great! There are no co-pays, co-insurance, deductibles or networks, right? When you start using that coverage because you have to – BAM; …