Making Sen$e Apr 03 How this Medicare loophole can lead to surprise medical bills Patients look to hospital staff to take care of them and help them get better, not to expose them to additional health and financial problems.
Making Sen$e Mar 27 How to navigate Social Security’s benefits after marriage, death and divorce Your Social Security benefits can be drastically different based on your marital status, writes columnist Philip Moeller.
Making Sen$e Mar 13 How can I get more help for an ailing, older parent? Many people mistakenly think that Medicare covers lots of things that it doesn't, only to learn the reality of its limitations when they or a loved one is denied coverage.
Making Sen$e Mar 06 Why later enrollment in supplemental Medicare can cause problems Changing your supplemental health insurance once you've had your Medigap plan for more than six months can limit your options if you have preexisting conditions, columnist Phil Moeller writes.
Making Sen$e Feb 27 How this new online tool could help you decide on Medicare coverage A new online tool from United Income provides recommendations on the best mix of Medicare plans, based on user responses to a series of questions.
Making Sen$e Feb 20 How Americans spend much more on health care than they realize Consumers often do not understand that the cost of their health care is much higher than the out-of-pocket expenses they pay each year, writes columnist Philip Moeller.
Making Sen$e Feb 14 What can you do about an unwanted Medicare enrollment? Never throw anything from Social Security into the trash. These computer-generated letters can have a big effect on your life.
Making Sen$e Feb 07 Why you should know about these Social Security and Medicare donut holes Medicare rules are supposed to protect people when they enter a "donut hole" in their coverage, but the high cost of prescriptions are making the plans less effective, writes columnist Philip Moeller.
Making Sen$e Jan 30 This new app could help answer your Medicare questions “What’s Covered” is designed to help people understand Parts A and B of Medicare.
Making Sen$e Jan 23 An audit of Social Security found low-income beneficiaries were underpaid A recent report from Social Security auditors found about a quarter of low-income beneficiaries were not properly transferred from Supplemental Security Income to regular Social Security when they turned 62 years old.