Articles
- Best Ways To Save: Watch Those Hospital "Observation Stays"
Big bills for uncovered charges are surprising some seniors after some hospital stays that aren’t considered inpatient services by Medicare. The problem occurs when the hospital classifies your stay as “observation” which is billed as outpatient ...
- Legislative Update: April 2012 Advisor
Medicare’s Doctor Payment Formula Breeds Uncertainty By Legislative Analyst, Jessie Gibbons Fourteen times in the last ten years, lawmakers have voted to override mandated pay cuts to doctors who accept Medicare patients. Just three months ago,...
- Government Forecast — Three More Years Of Historically Low COLAs
Benefits May Fall For As Many as Six Million, Says New TSCL Impact Analysis Although consumers may not see it yet, government economists predict that inflation will be far lower than normal over the next three years. The nonpartisan Congressional Bu...
- Best Ways To Save: When Should You Enroll In Medicare?
Failure to enroll in Medicare on time can cost you thousands in extra Medicare premium penalties during the course of your retirement. (See examples in “The High Cost Of Delaying Medicare Enrollment”) Medicare’s exhausting perplexity raises the c...
- The High Cost Of Delaying Medicare Enrollment
By Mary Johnson Do you turn 65 this year? Are you or your spouse still working and receiving health insurance benefits from a current employer? Are you age 65 or older now, but haven’t signed up for Medicare Parts A, B and/or Part D yet? If you sa...