It seems to sneak up on us every year! When you’re busy getting out the fall decorations and watching football, don't forget it's also a very important time of year for those of you that are enrolled in Medicare - The Annual Election Period! (Note, we said “those of you that are ENROLLED into Medicare!” If you are not yet enrolled in Part A or Part B of Medicare… you get to skip everything here! …
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Medicare – “Open Season”
It's crazy season. We liken it to this visual..... We're located in Michigan so in our neck of the woods, right around October 1 each year, the squirrels just sort of become insane. They cram nuts into their mouths and bolt across the roads seemingly suicidal as we drive by. Anytime you look outside, it seems that there are a dozen in any given area scurrying around. THAT is exactly how …
Mistake after mistake after mistake….
It feels like we go in waves with Medicare. We suddenly have a week where there is a rash of "Medicare Mistakes" made by consumers. As we talk daily as a group of Medicare agents, we know that just about every one of the situations/mistakes could have been avoided had the consumer called us or someone like us PRIOR to doing or not doing what they did or did not do. Sounds pretty simple, right? …
Process
There's so much information out there about Medicare. Problem is that there is information overload. Another problem that we often hear is the exclamation of "Oh my gosh, I don't even know where to start". Yes Medicare.gov can be a great source of information BUT you have to know what to enter into the search bar, right? We at Giardini Medicare adore information. Look no further than our …
When Should You Start Talking Medicare?
At Giardini Medicare we are often asked “When is the best time to start talking and learning about Medicare?” Surprisingly, even that question doesn’t have a straight answer, and it appears that nothing related to Medicare seems to have a “straight” answer. In my experience, a person age 64 and one-half years is just about ideal for the first conversation on Medicare. Remember celebrating …
Transition
Retirement. Change. Transition. Change. Stress. It's all bundled together. Zero in on the healthcare/Medicare piece and we can help make life easier. There's a method to the Medicare madness. When you do things at the right time, in the right way, with the right forms, with the proper knowledge --- Medicare can almost feel "easy". I know what you're thinking. Impossible, right? Wrong. Day in; …
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 …
Mistakes
We have days in a row where we just seem to hit mistake after mistake after mistake in Medicare-Land. A CPA asked me to call a client with a Medicare issue. During the phone call, I learned that he has a small business - under 20 employees, is well past age 65 and had not been advised to sign up for Medicare's Part B. He went on to say that his wife had Parts A and B and had purchased a …
Medicare’s Two Surprises
Ok, so there are far more than only TWO Medicare surprises, but I'm going to start with the big two! I met with a new to me couple yesterday. They are both over 65. One person is actively working and one is retired. The actively working person will be retiring this year sooooo, it's time to prep for our healthcare talk! The great part about these two was that they were pretty educated! …