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Health Insurance Debates – Not Over Till It’s Over
Just when you thought you had everything settled and you knew everything – which meant you knew nothing new might appear on the horizon regarding the One Big Beautiful Bill, healthcare, Obamacare, subsidies, health insurance and everything related you once again find the map turned upside down and you start over again – or almost. […]
Continue readingA Healthcare Concern Broken Promise
It is not even New Year’s Day and I have already broken a promise to myself for the New Year. I had promised not to write another column about healthinsurance, Obamacare, subsidies, and the Marketplace before the end of this year and the beginning of the next. Still the story continued and the debate did […]
Continue readingHow Health Care Has Changed For Seniors
Sometimes it helps to remember how systems were first established and how they changed and why to understand where they are now. This could be said off the Medicaid and Medicare systems of healthcare in America and of Social Security. Medicaid especially but also Medicare and Social Security have been critical areas of my legal […]
Continue readingCCRC’s What You Need To Know Before Signing
Continuing Care Retirement Communities in the US have become a staple of everyday living and a common topic of conversation among seniors trying to determine whether they should stay at home or move to an environment specially adapted to provide for their needs as they age. There is no lack of opportunity to learn generally […]
Continue readingThe Major Difference Between Admission and Under Observation for Hospital Stays
If you are on traditional Medicare, either alone or with a Medicare Supplement plan or on Medicare Advantage and are taken to the hospital one important distinction in describing your status can make a very sizeable difference in your bill both on your leaving and on receiving rehabilitative care. It is the difference between the […]
Continue readingThree Midnights Could Decide Your Health Care Coverage
With more than twenty years as an elder law attorney I have come to realize both how easy (or difficult) it might be to obtain health care coverage under certain circumstances and also how easily coverage can be lost due to what might be regarded as minor differences in description of conditions or lack of […]
Continue readingWhat Medicare Advantage Commercials Do Not Say
About this time most years I pull out my most recent information on Medicare Advantage plans, dust it off, and address that information in one of my columns. The reason is simple. During this time, between October 15 and December 7, Medicare recipients, primarily Medicare Advantage recipients, are given the opportunity to choose among several […]
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