For Recipients of Medicare, the Hard Sell
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Federal officials are trying to cut down on aggressive or deceptive sales pitches for Medicare Advantage plans.
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Most people will have to pay 5.6 percent more for basic Medicare coverage next year, but more affluent beneficiaries can expect increases as high as 83.2 percent as the federal government for the first time requires wealthier seniors to pay higher premiums, Medicare officials announced today.
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Nearly 2 million low-income Medicare participants could be switched to different insurance plans for their prescription drug coverage next year
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Many elderly and disabled Americans participating in the Medicare drug benefit next year will have more plans to choose from as the number of companies offering coverage nationwide jumps to 17.
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Millions of homeowners are underinsured, fed largely by a shift in the way property insurance has been sold in recent years.
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DES MOINES, Iowa A mass mailing is under way nationwide to get Medicare-approved drug discount cards to low-income seniors. Officials say they targeted because they fall into an income bracket that makes them
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Q: I have heard that copies of the Medicare-Approved Drug Discount Card is being mass-mailed to seniors. Can you tell who will likely receive such a card and why?
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They spent years drawing consumers into stores with highly publicized sales and markdowns. Now retailers and their vendors are struggling to convert sale shoppers to full-price buyers.
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OTTAWA -- Day one of a national summit intended to fix medicare for a generation degenerated into a numbers war, with premiers shooting holes into what Prime Minister Paul Martin claimed was a federal cash offer of $58.
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It was almost two years ago that Roy Romanow released his landmark report on the future of medicare. Since then, the study has too often been used as a battering ram by premiers seeking more money from Ottawa.
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Most elderly and disabled people on Medicare will see their premiums rise to $93.50 a month next year, a 5.6 percent increase that is much lower than had been anticipated.
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When it comes to coverage for long-term care, a myriad of choices makes even timely buying a daunting process.
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The U.S. government will send  prescription drug discount cards to 1.8 million poor Medicare  patients who have yet to sign up for $1,200 in savings offered  over the next 14 months, officials said on Wednesday, in the  wake of criticism over the complexity of the scheme.
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Depending on whose interpretation of a new study one wants to believe, Medicare may â or may not â have saved money since the introduction of the stents in 2003.
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The cost of living adjustment intended to help more than 47 million Social Security recipients keep up with inflation is expected to be a tad larger in 2005 than it was this year, but the bad news is that much of the increase will be eaten up by higher Medicare premiums.
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Senators are concerned that some insurance companies are using scare tactics and impressive-sounding credentials to sell complicated products to the elderly.
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For a lot of consumers, especially come December, the line appears to be blurring between giving and receiving.