Get What's Yours for Medicare: Maximize Your Coverage, Minimize Your Costs (The Get What's Yours Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (769 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1501124005 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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He also is a Research Fellow at the Center on Aging & Work at Boston College and the founder of Insure, a leading site for insurance information. . Journalist Philip Moeller writes about retirement for Money and authors the Ask Phil Medicare column for PBS
Do you understand Medicare’s parts A, B, C, D? Which Part D drug plan is right and how do you decide? Which is better, Medigap or Medicare Advantage? What do you do if Medicare denies payment for a procedure that your doctor says you need? How do you navigate the appeals process for denied claims? If you’re still working or have a retiree health plan, how do those benefits work with Medicare? Do you know about the annual enrollment period for Medicare, or about lifetime penalties for late enrollment, or any number of other key Medicare rules?Health costs are the biggest unknown expense for older Americans, who are turning sixty-five at the rate of 10,000 a day. Nor do they understand which parts of Medicare are pro
Watch out the hospice option is not a good plan but it is presented here as if it were Here's the objection and it's in regard to end of life. When people switch over to the Medicare hospice plan is not at all obvious what people are getting. This is barely covered in the book, probably because the author doesn't understand how it really plays out and is simply copying the managed . You really have no idea, and the more you know, the less you know From those wonderful people who brought you Get What's Yours For Social Security, (see my review) comes the companion volume on Medicare. Social Security handles Medicare registration, which sadly does not simplify the process, and often complicates it as we start those programs at different ages. Don't Neglect Health Care Planning GET WHAT'S YOURS FOR MEDICARE is a fact-filled resource book especially designed for folks getting ready to enroll in Medicare. It's also great for those already IN Medicare, who are considered some changes in their plan. One of my favorite features of this book are the sidebar "No One Told Me" t
“The indispensable guide to Medicare that does for this essential program what Get What’s Yours does for Social Security.” (Jane Bryant Quinn, author of How to Make Your Money Last and Making the Most of Your Money Now)“Phil Moeller is my pick as travel guide for smarties who had no idea how many potholes we could encounter in the back roads and highways of elder care.” (Ellen Goodman)