Posts Tagged ‘Medicare’
Why Some Doctors Don’t Accept Medicare
The people at About.com answered this question from a reader regarding doctors that do not accept Medicare assignment. For an aging generation of "boomer's", as well as those already on Medicare, the answers are enlightening. Medicare regularly cuts the rates of reimbursement, which means doctors earn less for office visits and various [...]
Medicare Drug Plans
Having trouble deciding on a Medicare Prescription Drug Plan? You are not alone. CVS can help. They have a calculator to help you find the right plan. Enter your medications and the calculator compares different plans and shows potential savings. They even have a short quiz that rewards you with a $5 off coupon.
Bailout for Seniors
The SSA will announce no 2010 COLA for seniors on Social Security but Obama has a plan. Instead of a cost of living increase, 50 million seniors will get $250 checks. Medicare part A deductibles will increase but most will see no change in Part B premiums or deductibles. However, roughly a fourth will see increases in part B premiums. Medicare [...]
Medicare Mafia
Tony Soprano skimming Medicare? Say it ain't so! Around the nation, federal investigators have been threatened, an informant's body was found riddled with bullets, and a woman was discovered dead in a pharmacy under investigation, her throat slit with a piece of broken toilet seat. For criminals, Medicare schemes offer a greater payoff and carry [...]
Medicare Secrets You Don't Want to Know
Medicare will pay for a kidney transplant then expects you to die in 3 years. Bet you didn't know that. According to the WSJ Health Blog, Medicare could save lives and money by making beneficial changes to the way they approve treatment but they choose not to. Medicare’s three-year limit on payment for anti-organ-rejection drugs led to a woman [...]
White House Wants Control of Medicare
In an effort to seize more power, Mr. Fixit has asked Congress to relinquish control of price setting for Medicare reimbursement to the White House. According to Breitbart, The proposal would allow an independent advisory board to recommend changes in Medicare reimbursement rates for doctors, hospitals and other providers. If the president [...]
Making Health Care Affordable for Everyone
Seems like everyone complains that it is impossible to find affordable health insurance in Georgia. Now a fellow blogger has some rather drastic suggestions that have merit. His tongue is firmly planted in his cheek . . . Mr. Fixit seems hell-bent on destroying the best health care system in the world and lowering costs, so here are some [...]
The S.S. Titanic
Some in Washington want to put all of us in Medicare. That might not be such a good idea. You see, Medicare is expected to run out of money in 2017. Contributing factors? Millions fewer people are working and paying the taxes that support the programs; yet health care costs are continuing to soar, millions of baby boomers have begun receiving [...]
Doctor Shortage
Want to see a Georgia doctor? Take a number. This is especially so if you are a new patient, do not have health insurance, have Medicare, Medicaid or PeachCare. So if we are having problems now, what happens when it is free? Obama administration officials, alarmed at doctor shortages, are looking for ways to increase the number of physicians to [...]
Reducing the Cost of Health Care
The new administration in Washinton seems to think they have a magic wand and can just waive it around and everything will be fixed. Or perhaps they have a Benny Hinn complex and believe they can cure what ails you. The truth is, they have no clue. The WSJ is reporting right now that President Obama's budget will set aside $634 billion over 10 [...]
