Tag Archives: Health Plans

The Medicare Summary Notice (MSN) is the statement that you receive quarterly from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). It catalogs all of the medical services that you have received in the last three months. Previously it was … Continue reading →

The federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) holds it will let the Medicare Advantage health plan “growth rate,” increase to 3.07% in 2013, from 0.7% this year. CMS has released a Medicare Insurance program final rule that is set to show up … Continue reading →

Medicare Supplement Insurance Plan N permits members to cover Medicare-approved health care expenses under Basic Benefits, which comprises hospital co-insurance, blood deductible coverage, Part B co-insurance for a maximum of twenty percent of your outpatient bills, as well as an … Continue reading →

Medicare Supplement Plans may be confusing for those who will be turning to 65 and are enrolling for the first time. A good broker can prove to be a great help in this phase of selection. Further, an experienced person … Continue reading →

The donut hole, or coverage gap, is one of the most contentious parts of the Medicare Plan Part D prescription drug benefit and of worry to many people who have joined a Part D drug plan. On joining a Medicare … Continue reading →

Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act also termed as Medicare Modernization Act or MMA is a federal law of the United States, passed in 2003. It led to the biggest revamp of Medicare Insurance Plan in the public health … Continue reading →

Some leading  insurers have declared huge price raise for their Medicare Plan Part D prescription-drug plans. Usual monthly premiums for Part D plans are rising by 12% that is from $25 to $28 in 2009. But average premiums for Humana’s … Continue reading →

The New York based independent nonprofit health care pricing service, Fair Health, formed two years back by then-Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo after a examining health insurance practices, has supplemented a new service allowing consumers to evaluate Medicare insurance fees … Continue reading →

The Medicare Modernization Act passed by Congress in 2003, adds new prescription drug benefits to Medicare Plan. One of these benefits, the Medicare Prescription Drug Discount Card and Transitional Assistance Program was meant to give provisional help until the Medicare … Continue reading →

The Employee Benefits Research Institute (EBRI) holds that Americans are facing a severe retirement-savings deficit. This is a circumstance that’s made even dreadful when nursing-home and home healthcare expenses are added to this. The average savings deficit for people between … Continue reading →