3 Tips for Seniors on Cutting Insurance Costs
There’s nothing like the start of a New Year to take a fresh look at your insurance. Do you have the right coverage? Do you have enough coverage? Can you cut your insurance costs? Most of us treat...
View ArticlePreparing for Long Term Care Future Costs
There’s nothing like family gatherings over the holidays to bring about heightened awareness of the need for long term care services. And the question of how to pay for long term care when the need...
View ArticleSeniors with Medicare Get Free Flu Shots
Each day the news brings more reports of the expanding flu epidemic and the dangers of the flu to certain high-risk groups. People age 65+ are considered a high risk group for flu generally because of...
View ArticlePower in Comparing Medicare Stars
Look to the stars – the Medicare stars that is-- if you are considering a Medicare Advantage or Medicare Prescription Drug plan. Recent research says consumers are drawn to Medicare health plans with...
View Article3 Tips to Getting the Most out of Your Medicare Plan
Are you starting the New Year with a new Medicare Advantage and Part D Prescription Drug plan? If so, here are 3 tips to getting the most out of your new Medicare plan.
View ArticleSuper Bowl Ads and Aging: A Winner
It seems that each year at least one or two super bowl ads try to use older adults in a humorous way. Too often it comes off condescending and insulting. But this year’s Taco Bell ad struck a...
View ArticleAre the Empty Nest Days Gone?
How many people nearing or in retirement do you know that still have responsibility for an adult child? Or have new responsibility for an aging parent? Seems like almost everyone. Between the...
View ArticleRetirement Postponed: Working for Health Insurance
The mounting cost of health care in retirement is leading more people to work longer, according to new research. More than half of Americans (54%) reported that having access to employer paid health...
View ArticleWho Benefits Most from Medicare Drug Plans
If you are a senior with chronic health conditions chances are a Medicare drug plan has saved you hundreds of dollars per year as you entered the coverage gap, also known as the donut hole. In 2012,...
View ArticlePaying Too Much for Your Medicare Supplement Plan?
If you have a Medicare Supplement plan chances are you are paying more than you have to for coverage. Medigap policyholders are not choosing the cheaper plans offered in their state, despite the...
View ArticleCan Questioning these Tests and Treatments Save Seniors and Medicare Money?
At a time when we are all striving to keep our medical costs down, the “Choosing Wisely” lists are a great resource of when doctors say you should question your doctor about tests and treatments....
View Article$6.6 billion in Long Term Care Insurance Benefits Paid in 2012
If you think long term care is expensive, you are right. Just look at what long term care insurance companies paid out last year for care services. More than 264,000 individuals received long term...
View ArticleMedicare Open Enrollment Ends March 31
Missed you initial enrollment period to sign up for Medicare Part A and or Part B? Then you have just a few more weeks to take advantage of the Medicare general enrollment period which ends March 31....
View ArticleTop 5 Reasons More Seniors Taking Steps to Healthy Living
The costs of health care are a major retirement concerns for seniors and they are starting to do something about it. Whether preparing for retirement or already retired having enough money to pay...
View ArticleThe Real Retirement Age
As the baby boomers age, there is lots of talk about working longer, self employment, and encore careers. Many say they want to work longer to keep busy and for the social interaction. Others say...
View ArticleUniversal Health Care Medicare Advantage Plan Ends
Abrupt news about their Medicare Advantage plans offered by Universal Health Care Insurance and Universal Health Care is just reaching Medicare beneficiaries. The news: their coverage ended today....
View ArticleGood News for Seniors on Medicare Plan Rates for 2014
Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D policy holders can look forward to stable rates in 2014. That’s good news for consumers since just weeks ago the federal government said it might be paying...
View ArticleHealth Trumps Money When It Comes Baby Boomer Retirement Worries
Remember the old saying “if you’ve got your health you’ve got everything?” That seems to be the prevailing attitude among baby boomer Middle Americans when it comes to retirement. For all the concern...
View Article5 Tips on Buying Senior Life Insurance
One of the last things most of us want in life is to be a financial burden to our family. That’s why people buy guaranteed acceptance life insurance policies. They may want to provide enough money to...
View ArticleCost of Long Term Care Continues to Climb
If you are waiting to buy long term care insurance because you think the cost of long term care will stop climbing, think again. Long term care services continue to get more expensive, according to...
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