Senior Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP) is a free program that offers Medicare insurance advice. To become a SHIIP volunteer counselor there is some training involved, however having a life and health insurance license is not one required. Wait, what? Do you go to your car mechanic for your routine dental care? No, you go […]
A Medicare Medical Savings Account is a type of Medicare Advantage Plan, however it is a little different type of plan. Below are some important details to know about these plans. With an MSA plan you can go to any doctor, hospital, or provider that accepts Medicare. No referrals are needed with this plan. Some […]
Original Medicare (having only Part A and Part B) allows you to see any doctor or hospital that simply accepts Medicare in the U.S. and its territories which includes all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and The Northern Mariana Islands. You will find that most doctors […]
MACRA is known as the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015. With this brings a change to know about relating to Medicare Supplement (Medigap) plans. Starting January 1, 2020 MACRA prohibits first-dollar coverage plan for those newly eligible for Medicare. This means that Plan C, Plan F, and High-deductible Plan F are […]
