SCJ posted an article last month that featured advantages in healthcare reform for senior citizens on Medicare.  One of the new medical services described was annual preventative care exams.  The PPACA (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) brings relief to millions of seniors for whom preventive care means early identification of disease and greater opportunity [...]

The President announced this week that the $250 rebate checks for Medicare recipients who qualify will begin to go out mid-June.  Senior Citizens will be one of the first group of recipients benefiting from the PPACA (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, aka, National Health Care Reform). 
Qualified seniors will be those who hit the doughnut [...]

Social Security, Medicare and the United States Government!  What a combination!  USA.gov is a web site hub of almost unlimited resources, with seven sub-pages that include kids, teens, parents, Seniors, Military and Veterans, Americans Abroad, Media and More Audiences, (including Americans Living and Traveling Abroad).  The Seniors page really caught SCJ’s attention.
It is a collage [...]

Most veterans understand and make good use of the gamut of medical care offered by the Veterans Administration; health care for vets is a really good example of socialized medicine for this group of people, and the program works very well. It is the equivalent of Medicare for non-vets.  In addition, many elderly people who [...]

Senior citizens continue to be interested in and concerned about the new health care law that impacts those of us with Medicare as well as every other citizen in the country.  Now that some of the health care reform hype and hysteria has calmed down, let’s take a look at the FACTS regarding the bill [...]

Baby Boomers and their offspring are concerned about Social Security and Medicare being around when the offspring reach retirement age.  Projections about the balance in both funds look rather dismal for 20-25 years out.  Both programs are on the way to zero balances sooner rather than later.  And if the funds go bust, they won’t [...]

Thirty-nine million seniors are on Medicare, a federally controlled and managed (socialized medicine) health care system for senior citizens in the United States.  Seniors are eligible for Medicare at age 65.  In 2003, the prescription drug program was added to covered services (hospitalization, care in physician offices/lab work/x-rays/other defined medical services, nursing home care and rehabilitation services [...]

Trying to walk through the Medicare Maze remains a challenge for most of us senior citizens.  Perhaps taking just one piece at a time may be the best approach to gain better understanding of the whole picture.
Let’s talk about Medicare Advantage Plans.  Medicare Advantage Plans were created to satisfy the cry of the health insurance [...]

Here’s another highlight of the new health-care legislation… millions of Americans will now be eligible for Medicaid services. These health care services are generally—but not exclusively–offered by community health centers, publicly funded and nonprofit clinics. Millions of poor and uninsured citizens will now have health care.
The new health care bill will provide $11 billion more [...]

This past week brings great change to health care in America for senior citizens.  And even greater change for children, unemployed and those who have been unable to get health insurance coverage.  
But the legislation did not include the public option, a government-sponsored health care plan (like Medicare and the VA array of medical services) that [...]