May 19 If I'm healthy, do I really need a Medigap or Medicare Advantage plan? By Philip Moeller While you are healthy now, Medicare is about insuring a “future” you who is not going to be nearly so healthy. Continue reading
May 17 Column: Getting Social Security shouldn't disqualify you from using a health savings account By Philip Moeller While many seniors understand the logic that HSAs and Medicare are incompatible, they simply do not understand why drawing Social Security benefits also triggers the ban on continuing to make pre-tax HSA contributions. Continue reading
May 11 We can't afford my spouse's inpatient rehab treatment. What are our options? By Philip Moeller Journalist Phil Moeller answers that question and more in his weekly column, "Ask Phil."… Continue reading
May 10 Column: What Medicare can teach the GOP about this basic rule of insurance By Philip Moeller The very nature of insurance itself seems to have escaped many critics of Obamacare. Continue reading
May 09 Medicare failed to investigate suspicious infection cases from nearly 100 hospitals By Christina Jewett, Kaiser Health News Ninety-six hospitals reported suspicious data on dangerous infections to Medicare officials, but the agency did not follow up or examine any of the cases in depth, according to a report by the Health and Human Services inspector general’s office. Continue reading
May 04 Watch How health care cost and coverage might change for everyone under GOP bill By PBS News Hour House Republicans have pushed through a bill to remake the American health care system in dramatic ways. Lisa Desjardins and Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News join Hari Sreenivasan to discuss how coverage and cost would change, and how the… Continue watching
May 04 Can employers make you rely on Medicare and drop their insurance? By Philip Moeller Is it legal for employers to pressure their employees to drop workplace health insurance? Phil Moeller answers that question and more in his weekly column, Ask Phil. Continue reading
May 03 Many seniors who qualify for home-based care under Medicare aren't receiving it. Why? By Philip Moeller A worrisome and growing number of Medicare enrollees have said that they have been denied home-based care even though they are qualified to receive it and it is covered by Medicare. Continue reading
Apr 26 Medicare's contractors approve $41 billion in billing errors. What's being done to fix it? By Philip Moeller Why doesn’t the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services discipline Medicare Administrative Contractors for billing errors?… Continue reading
Apr 19 Does Medicare pay for a home health care provider? By Philip Moeller My mom is in hospice. Could Medicare cover a health aide so she can be home?… Continue reading