Medicare Costs Reviewed It is a good practice to review what you pay for Medicare annually. This article will lead you through what to look at in your individual circumstances.// The Medicare benefits are provided in four parts: Part A – Hospital Care Part B – Medical Care (physicians, testing and imaging, screenings, etc) Part [...]
Changes in Health Care Laws Help Seniors The changes brought by the Affordable Health Care Act are already helping senior citizens better manage their health care at a lower out of pocket cost. Seniors have saved $460M on prescription drugs since the law passed. Almost one million people in the ‘doughnut hole’ category received a [...]
Seniors Targeted by Scam Artists Senior citizens, with their lifelong savings stacked up, as well as a habit of not checking free credit reports frequently, make for a perfect target for identity thieves nowadays. The federal government has// thereby requested senior citizens to stay alert against the prevalent medicare scams that may separate them from [...]
Open Enrollment Beginning and Ending Earlier This Year Just a reminder to our readers… Open Enrollment begins and ends earlier this year (2011). And the ending date is coming up within 10 days. If you want to make changes in your plan, you need to do so by December 7. The Medicare.gov site says this: [...]
The Truth About Medicare Treatment House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, was recently invited to write an article for AARP Bulletin about the Republican Plan for Medicare. In that article he wrote, “In the health care law that passed last year, the Democrats who run Washington revealed their solution: a panel of 15 unelected bureaucrats whose [...]
Senior Citizen Journal has received several requests to ‘explain Medicare’. We’ve taken a look at the resources on the Internet, and will take a stab at an explanation here today. Although a number of countries have Medicare programs, this discussion will be limited to the program in the United States.// Explain Medicare Medicare is a [...]
Open Enrollment Dates Change for 2012 Every year there is an Open Enrollment Period in which Medicare beneficiaries can switch to a different plan. If you want to change your Medicare coverage for 2012, you need to be aware the enrollment period has changed. Instead of November 15 to December 31, this year the Medicare [...]
Find Answers to Questions About Retirement A query was posted the other day in which a senior asked: Do seniors pay for medicare? That question can be coupled with others. Do seniors pay for Social Security? What are the benefits a senior may expect upon retirement? What are the rules and restrictions that influence when, what [...]
Last night, President Obama asked voters to contact our elected officials in Washington DC to let them know what we think about the shenanigans (our word, not his) going on there. The SCJ Editorial Staff encourages you to contact them by email or telephone today. The more they hear how strongly we feel about protecting [...]
A recent publication SCJ received provides some good advice and information about taxes, the national debt, federal deficits and senior citizens. Edward Jones Investment Company offers a well-balanced perspective on the national ills we seniors are currently facing.// What the article does not address is the question SCJ continues to put on the front burner: [...]
