Medicare Planning
Medicare planning news and analysis, including coverage of the Medicare Advantage program, Medicare supplement insurance, the Medicare Part D prescription drug program, and Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly plans.
Turn Medicare Advantage Into Sales Advantage
By Lindsay R. ResnickSince the first Medicare HMOs were made available in the 1970s, private health plans have bounced in and out of the market. The last great ...
December 19, 2005
Actuaries Offer Medicare Drug SuggestionsThe American Academy of Actuaries has developed a report discussing the risk factors that regulators might consider when evaluating risk-based capital levels for Medicare ...
October 27, 2005
Veto Threat Over Medicare CutsWashingtonA proposal to eliminate a fund for regional preferred provider organizations participating in the Medicare Advantage program has touched off a conflict between the ...
October 19, 2005
Informing Seniors About Medicare Part DOn Nov. 15, 2005, all Americans who are enrolled in Medicare will have the option to purchase prescription drug coverage under the new Medicare ...
September 28, 2005
Medicare R: A Huge Help For LTC Insurance SalesThe new drug benefit--also called Medicare Part D--does 4 things for long term care insurance sales:1) It helps find the money to pay LTC ...
July 20, 2005
Medicare R Plans: Big Senior Sales OpportunityAfter 40 years of providing America's seniors with health insurance for hospitalizations, surgeries and physician visits, Medicare is completing its benefit package with the ...
May 04, 2005
AHIP Studies Measure Medicare Use By Low Income BeneficiariesLow income beneficiaries are opting in significant numbers for Medicare Advantage and Medigap insurance over Medicare fee-for-service alone, according to two new studies released ...
May 04, 2005
NU-medistudies-5-12Low income beneficiaries are opting in significant numbers for Medicare Advantage and Medigap insurance over Medicare fee-for-service alone, according to two new studies ...