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How Do I Get on Medicare?

Enrolling in Medicare isn’t as difficult as you may think.

How Do I Replace a Lost or Missing Medicare Card?

For as long as you’ve had Medicare, you’ve known how important your red, white, and blue Medicare card can be. Your Medicare card is your best proof that you’re covered by Medicare insurance. You’ve used your card to receive a variety of health care services, and you’ve never had a problem with your Medicare card. But now you’ve lost […]

Medicare Reform – A Work in Progress

The DNC, RNC, and Medicare

If you’re like a lot of Americans, you’ve had more than your fill of political conventions as Election 2012 approaches.

Medicare Part F or Plan F?

A lot of people who learn about Medicare Plan F like what they hear. That’s no surprise, because Plan F has earned a well-deserved reputation over the years as the benchmark of Medicare Supplement Plans. Those same people, perhaps a little confused by the alphabet-soup nature of Medicare lingo, sometimes type “Medicare Part F” into […]

Enrollment Periods for Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Plans

You can choose to join, switch, or drop a Medicare Advantage or Prescription Drug Plan during your Initial Enrollment Period, Annual Election Period, Special Enrollment Period, or the Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment Period. Initial Enrollment Period (IEP) If your Medicare eligibility begins when you’re 65, your Initial Enrollment Period begins three months before the month […]

How Do I Leave a Medicare Advantage Plan?

Open Enrollment Period An Open Enrollment Period, available every year, allows you to drop your Medicare Advantage plan, switch plans, or make changes in your existing plan. Open enrollment takes place from mid-October until early December, with changes taking effect Jan. 1 of the following calendar year. Open enrollment provides a great opportunity to reassess […]

Medicare Advantage Plans

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Medicare Preventive Services

Depression Screening Few things are more important than preventive care when it comes to maintaining your health. Regular checkups and diagnostic procedures are the key to detecting many health concerns in their earliest stages, when the prognosis and chances for a full recovery are best. Especially when it comes to serious conditions such as cancer […]

Medicare Preventive Services

Colon Cancer Screenings Few things are more important than Preventive Care when it comes to maintaining your health. Regular checkups and diagnostic procedures are the key to detecting many health concerns in their earliest stages, when the prognosis and chances for a full recovery are best. Especially when it comes to such a serious condition […]