medicare
Changes coming to your Part D plan in 2025
The 2025 Medicare open enrollment period for Medicare Advantage and Part D plans is from October 15, 2024, to December 7, 2024. Medicare enrollees can choose or make changes to their Medicare Advantage plan and Medicare Part D prescription drug…
Explaining the Intracacies of Medicare Filing in a Disability Situation
Medicare is complex. Disability is complex. Consequently, intersecting the two can be fairly complicated. Toni King, author and columnist on Medicare and health insurance issues and leader of the “Toni Says” team, offers insights in how best to navigate the…
Annual Notice of Change is arriving soon
It’s that time of year again when all those Medicare ads flood your mailbox. But before you throw out all that mail, there is one you should keep and read. It is your Annual Notice of Change or ANOC. Why?…
Medicare has two trust funds
How are Medicare claims paid? Medicare has two trust funds – Hospital Insurance (HI) Trust Fund and Supplementary Medical Insurance (SMI) Trust Fund -accounts held by the U.S. Treasury. Heather Hobbs explains how Medicare is paid for and who pays…
Medicare Open Enrollment is just around the corner
The annual Medicare Open Enrollment is right around the corner. The open enrollment period runs from October 15th to December 7th each year, when people with Medicare can review features of their Medicare plans offered and make changes to their…
Trump & Harris Trade Barbs on Social Security. Who’s Right?
Glenn Kessler starts with, “In every presidential election, Democrats and Republicans lob charges and claims about the venerable old-age programs Social Security and Medicare.” Indeed. Harris is incorrectly stating Project 2025 cuts Social Security. She seems to be using that…
Analyzing the Republican National Party’s Social Security Position
As the dust settles from last week’s Republican National Convention, attention will of course turn toward the specific platform components the Trump Campaign will promote in the run-up to November. One of these components key to America’s seniors is the…
Adults are worried
Americans are worried. According to the latest Gallup poll, three-quarters of adults aged 65 and younger said they are concerned about Medicare, and 80 percent said they are worried about Social Security benefits. The poll also found the respondents “make…
Payment plan for drugs in 2025
One of the many changes the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) changed is how Medicare recipients can pay for prescription drugs. Medicare beneficiaries may choose to participate in a program that will spread the costs across several months instead of being…
Pay attention during the Open Enrollment Period
Although Medicare Open Enrollment is a few months away, it is not too early to learn about changes that may affect your Medicare Part D coverage. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) will make significant changes to many individuals with Part…