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About Philip @PhilMoeller

Phil Moeller is the author of “Get What’s Yours for Medicare: Maximize Your Coverage, Minimize Your Costs” and the co-author of the updated edition of The New York Times bestseller “How to Get What’s Yours: The Revised Secrets to Maxing Out Your Social Security,” with Making Sen$e’s Paul Solman and Larry Kotlikoff. On Twitter @PhilMoeller or via e-mail: medicarephil@gmail.com.

Philip’s Recent Stories

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.

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