The current health care reform debate in the United States is based on a lot of opinion; news reports now suggest opponents of a national health care plan will use fear as a mechanism to mobilize public opposition to a national plan. Since education and knowledge are the best combatants against fear, SCJ decided to [...]
One of the services offered senior citizens by Medicare is Home Health Services, covered under Parts A and B. Medicare recipients must qualify for services, and they must be recommended/ordered by the individual’s primary care physician or specialty care physician.
Services covered under the Home Health rubric include part-time skilled nursing care, physical therapy, occupational therapy, [...]
Many seniors do a lot of searching and reading when they first encounter the need to enroll for Medicare at age 65. Others of us find occasional need for assistance in dealing with issues and problems we face in using the Medicare system. What most of us do not know is that there is help [...]
The Social Security Administration last week announced the addition of 38 more conditions to its list of Compassionate Allowances. The original list of 50 conditions was first posted in October 2008. Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, made the announcement, adding, “The addition of these new conditions expands the scope of Compassionate Allowances to [...]
Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI) recently proposed a “Roadmap for America’s Future: 2.0”. In it, he suggests (among other proposals) the ‘sane’ way to proceed into the next decade would be to privatize Social Security and turn Medicare into a voucher program.
The foundation for such proposals and discussion is that privatizing and vouchers open up choice [...]
Here’s a paradigm shift for you… is it possible to cut the need for social security benefits by actually doing for others and taking personal responsibility for the doing?
The following story has been around the Internet for several years; its author is unknown, but if someone will claim responsiblity for writing it, SCJ will be [...]
The Medicare web site offers a multitude of services for senior citizens, and new enrollees may find registration for online access to their personal Medicare account very helpful.
To enroll, once on the site, click on “Need to Register: Sign Up” and you will be led through a process of registering to access your personal Medicare account [...]
SCJ Editors have reached consensus on health care reform: We support it. A variety of issues have been examined and discussed among our editorial staff, and although we do not agree with every aspect of each bill being considered in the Senate (and the one approved by the House), we do agree that our country needs universal health [...]
Each year Medicare recipients have the option to change their Medicare plan. No questions asked! Beginning November 15, and ending December 31, senior citizens covered by Medicare may elect to change their Medicare plan if it no longer meets their needs, if they find a better plan at a better price, or if they want [...]
One of the distortions criss-crossing the country these days has to do with the notion that health care reform plans under consideration would compromise Medicare as we seniors know it. Some lies suggest we would have to ‘wait in line’ for medical care; others say we will lose our choices about which doctor or hospital we [...]
