Medicare

With the Fall Medicare Open Enrollment period upon us, many seniors have Medicare on their minds as they seek to determine what makes most sense for their personal situations. Along with this may come susceptibility to new phone scams that trick you into revealing personal information and leave you the…

As we get older, it’s common that our health status evolves and changes. Some years we may struggle with illness but other years may usher in a period of better health and stability. For those on Medicare, the upcoming open enrollment period allows you to re-evaluate your current health plan,…

At some point you may get this call: your older loved one is in the hospital and doctors are monitoring the situation to determine what’s going on. With luck, nothing dangerous or life-threatening will be found and perhaps your loved one will leave the hospital after a day or two….

Packing for a trip, the last thing you want to think about is what happens if I get sick while traveling. Will I have trouble finding a doctor or getting appropriate care? If you are on Medicare, you’ll probably be able to access care as long as you are traveling within…

Following a hospitalization many older patients and their families are often surprised at the limited insurance coverage Medicare provides for home-based care. Generally speaking, once a patient leaves a hospital Medicare will only pay for in-home skilled services and physical therapy. This means the patient must require a skilled health professional, rather…

It may be the silly season in politics, but there’s nothing silly about the serious health policy issues that candidates are ignoring. Kaiser Health News has created a list of health concerns that loom large as the population ages and that have serious health and economic consequences for our country…