Medicare For The Lazy Man Podcast

Medicare Advantage Minute article entitled                                                       "Why  These Unique MA Plans are Poised for Popularity!" Your Medicare Benefits 2025:                                                                               "Yearly Wellness Visit" The category selected for a deeper dive was the one entitled "Rates & Financial" We took a look at the current Plan G rate increases caused by our inflationary economy.                                                                                                                   By comparison, the rate increases given to high deductible plans are often $0 and rarely  more than a token amount.                                                                         This is one of the excellent benefits of  High Deductible Plan G!    Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most severe critic: A+)                   Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG Inspired by: "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; SIMPLEST & EASIEST GUIDE EVER!" "MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE" "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN: BARE BONES!" For sale on Amazon.com. After enjoying the books, please consider returning to leave a short customer review to  help future readers. Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.

The Fleetwood review of my newest book:                                                    "Medicare for the Lazy Man: BARE BONES" is a dire warning that it was written by  (gulp) an INSURANCE AGENT! To quote the review: BEWARE! Returning to format, we began with the Medicare Advantage Minute: BC/BS of Texas announced the cessation of sales commissions for all of their MA plans. In the Your Medicare Benefits 2025 we address the Welcome to Medicare Preventive Visit and learn what is included as well as how Medicare will cover it. Department of Corrections: A previous trivia item about the origin of the Pink Panther had to be corrected. Finally, we dipped into the folder labelled "Correspondence" to enjoy some Q & A about two distinctly different situations. As an aside, both principals are now happy clients of mine, and I am happy to have them!   Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most severe critic: A+)                   Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG Inspired by: "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; SIMPLEST & EASIEST GUIDE EVER!" "MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE" "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN: BARE BONES!" For sale on Amazon.com. After enjoying the books, please consider returning to leave a short customer review to  help future readers. Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.

But first, how about our regular episode segments? Medicare Advantage Minute:                                                                         Hospitals aren't the only ones stepping back from Medicare Advantage! Your Medicare Benefits 2025:                                                                            Preventive and screening services From the Q & A folder we address the following subjects: 1) How are prescription drugs covered when one is in an emergency room?          Hint: Toni King provided an answer but I believe she displayed a little bit of confusion by overlooking an important fact presented in the question. 2) Does Medicare cover annual (routine) physical examinations?     Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most severe critic: A+)                   Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG Inspired by: "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; SIMPLEST & EASIEST GUIDE EVER!" "MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE" "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN: BARE BONES!" For sale on Amazon.com. After enjoying the books, please consider returning to leave a short customer review to  help future readers. Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.

Medicare Advantage Minute:                                                                               Judge overturns rule limiting broker payments in Medicare Advantage plans. Your Medicare Benefits 2025:                                                                           Pressure reducing support surfaces. The podcast producer gets to select the general source of content for the rest of the episode. The subject in question?                                                                     The ten states with the highest rates of Alzheimer's Disease! Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most severe critic: A+)                   Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG Inspired by: "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; SIMPLEST & EASIEST GUIDE EVER!" "MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE" "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN: BARE BONES!" For sale on Amazon.com. After enjoying the books, please consider returning to leave a short customer review to  help future readers. Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.

Medicare Advantage Minute segment:                                                            "Elevance Health Cuts MA Footprint; Cuts Stand-Alone Medicare Drug Plans" Your Medicare Benefits 2025:                                                                        Prescription Drugs - Outpatient  If you are a member of a Medicare Advantage Plan or a Part D Prescription Drug Plan, an Annual Notice Of Change (ANOC) is headed your direction in the US Mail. Don't throw your ANOC away without at least trying to read it! It will be your first warning of any potentially negative and expensive adjustments that your existing plan may make starting January 1st. Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most severe critic: A+)                   Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG Inspired by: "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; SIMPLEST & EASIEST GUIDE EVER!" "MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE" "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN: BARE BONES!" For sale on Amazon.com. After enjoying the books, please consider returning to leave a short customer review to  help future readers. Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.

There are deep rumblings in the Part D prescription drug plan arena as the Feds have meddled in free market insurance market once too often.                            The plans are in trouble and those who need to rely on them for security are having difficulty. They need help figuring out how to arrange the most advantageous protection at the best available cost.                                                Soon, a newly discovered subscription service will help all who need it to fine-tune their prescription drug insurance. In the Medicare Advantage Minute segment, we review the article entitled:        "Are you unhappy with your MA plan? Here is some good news!" In the Your Medicare Advantage 2025 segment we find out whether Medicare will pay for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV Prevention. Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most severe critic: A+)                   Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG Inspired by: "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; SIMPLEST & EASIEST GUIDE EVER!" "MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE" "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN: BARE BONES!" For sale on Amazon.com. After enjoying the books, please consider returning to leave a short customer review to  help future readers. Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.

Medicare Advantage Minute:                                                                                  UHC shareholders drop their legal efforts to force management to operate in a more transparent manner. Your Medicare Benefits 2025: Pneumococcal Shots Article: 7 Secrets To Get Good Customer Service By Phone Finally: Stalker Susie successfully identified the best Part D drug plans for Mr. Susie and herself  using my new book: Medicare Drug Plans; A Simple D-I-Y Guide!          Now she would like clarification of the differences between the least costly plans everyone should be seeking and the wildly expensive plans that some others are enrolled in; Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most severe critic: A+)                   Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG Inspired by: "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; SIMPLEST & EASIEST GUIDE EVER!" "MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE" "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN: BARE BONES!" For sale on Amazon.com. After enjoying the books, please consider returning to leave a short customer review to  help future readers. Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.

Long-time client Ken has a need for life insurance but prefers to deal with an agent he knows. I suggested he visit MedicareForTheLazyMan.com to try the search and apply tool behind the "LIFE INSURANCE" button. I think he would say it was an effective way to accomplish is task! In the "Medicare Advantage Minute" segment it seems that United Healthcare shareholders are suing company execs for obfuscating the impact of the murder of CEO Thompson on the fiscal bottom line. "Your Medicare Benefits 2025" teaches us that Physical therapy services WILL be covered by Medicare...most of the time, Finally, enjoy the Wallethub quiz in which we learn which of the states is "hardest working"! Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most severe critic: A+)                   Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG Inspired by: "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; SIMPLEST & EASIEST GUIDE EVER!" "MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE" "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN: BARE BONES!" For sale on Amazon.com. After enjoying the books, please consider returning to leave a short customer review to  help future readers. Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.

In the Medicare Advantage Minute we learn a little something about the nation's largest provider of drugs to long term care facilities: CVS Omnicare. They seem to  have defrauded themselves right into a $1 billion federal fine. A very short "Your Medicare Benefits 2025" tells us how Medicare might handle charges for patient lifts. As of this recording something around 20 states offer some sort of relief from Medicare supplement medical underwriting regulations. Of those, roughly 14 or 15 currently have "Birthday Rules". Finally, American hospitals are grappling with a new problem: imposter nurses! Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most severe critic: A+)                   Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG Inspired by: "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; SIMPLEST & EASIEST GUIDE EVER!" "MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE" "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN: BARE BONES!" For sale on Amazon.com. After enjoying the books, please consider returning to leave a short customer review to  help future readers. Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.

Johns Hopkins made the final break with United Healthcare provider networks: Medicare Advantage Minute How about Pancreas Transplants? That is today's subject in our segment:           Your Medicare Benefits 2025 Who has been given credit for shutting down a $10 billion Medicare fraud scheme having to do with skin substitutes? Why, everyone's favorite president, that's who! No, not Ronald Reagan! For those who are financially strapped and need some relief from Medicare premium costs, I recommend the MSP: Medicare Savings Plan! It might be the answer, if you can meet the qualifications. Finally, when I look at the list of potential guests who are available to join us for an episode, I only see a whole lot of wackiness.  Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most severe critic: A+)                   Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG Inspired by: "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; SIMPLEST & EASIEST GUIDE EVER!" "MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE" "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN: BARE BONES!" For sale on Amazon.com. After enjoying the books, please consider returning to leave a short customer review to  help future readers. Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.

Medicare Advantage Minute: A reliable new study indicates that there is a growing level of dissatisfaction with MA plans. Your Medicare Benefits 2025: Pain Management is the subject for this episode. Finally, we present a list of sources of assistance with Medicare information and enrollment. Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most severe critic: A+)                   Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG Inspired by: "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; SIMPLEST & EASIEST GUIDE EVER!" "MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE" "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN: BARE BONES!" For sale on Amazon.com. After enjoying the books, please consider returning to leave a short customer review to  help future readers. Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.

What small North Carolina Medicare Advantage plan is having to pony up a big fine? Find out in the "Medicare Advantage Minute" segment where we learn that this local MA plan has admitted to fraudulent enrollments and identity theft. No wonder my opinion of these plans is that they constitute criminal conspiracies! In the "Your Medicare Benefits 2025" segment, we learn how Medicare will cover Oxygen equipment and accessories. Of course, Hank Hill sold "propane and propane accessories but that is not quite the same at all.  Should you get a Medicare broker? The answer you have been waiting for is "YES"! Find out why during the last half of this episode! Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most severe critic: A+)                   Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG Inspired by: "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; SIMPLEST & EASIEST GUIDE EVER!" "MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE" "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN: BARE BONES!" For sale on Amazon.com. After enjoying the books, please consider returning to leave a short customer review to  help future readers. Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.

What happens that is so wonderful when a MA plan dies?                                       In the "Medicare Advantage Minute" we learn that insured people are given a free pass to purchase any other plan available; including Medicare supplement plans which can be had without Medical underwriting.                                                   This means, one can acquire the finest, most secure protection available under Medicare without having to show evidence of good health! In the "Your Medicare Benefits 2025" this episode's subject is entitled: Outpatient Services and Supplies. Finally, the Veterans Administration has different levels of service, Priority Groups, and we run through descriptions of the various requirements for each group.   Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most severe critic: A+)                   Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG Inspired by: "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; SIMPLEST & EASIEST GUIDE EVER!" "MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE" "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN: BARE BONES!" For sale on Amazon.com. After enjoying the books, please consider returning to leave a short customer review to  help future readers. Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.

SPECIAL EPISODE: Prior authorization causes misery in Medicare Advantage plans. How concerned should freedom lovers be when the government delivers that same troublesome process to Original Medicare?  Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most severe critic: A+)                   Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG Inspired by: "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; SIMPLEST & EASIEST GUIDE EVER!" "MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE" "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN: BARE BONES!" For sale on Amazon.com. After enjoying the books, please consider returning to leave a short customer review to  help future readers. Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.

Insurers pull Medicare Advantage plans as profit pressures mount: This from the "Medicare Advantage Minute" In the "Your Medicare Benefits 2025" we learn how Medicare is likely to cover Outpatient hospital services. Friend of the podcase, Steve sent an article addressing "Targeted Medicare Cuts" and how they can save money while reducing risk. How about a side trip to Social Security Land? Someone named Rusty has an advisory column and fielded a question from a reader about when the best time might be to start collecting Social Security benefits might be. Normally Democrats are on the opposite side of almost every possible subject from me but we now find ourselves connected like Siamese twins over support for the freedom from prior authorization in Original Medicare.                                        I am dazed and confused by my unexpected alliance! Finally, we have a new member of the podcast audience who hangs her hat in South Dakota ...er Nebraska sometimes. I expect her to join the ranks of my happy clients as well!   Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most severe critic: A+)                   Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG Inspired by: "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; SIMPLEST & EASIEST GUIDE EVER!" "MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE" "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN: BARE BONES!" For sale on Amazon.com. After enjoying the books, please consider returning to leave a short customer review to  help future readers. Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.

We start off with the Medicare Advantage Minute:                                               "The Great Medicare Advantage Contraction Appears Set to Continue!" Then, in the "Your Medicare Benefits" segment we learn how Medicare is likely to cover "Other Transplants. These are not organ transplants, but might include stem cells, bone morrow and corneas. In the afore-mentioned "Mail I Absolutely hate to Receive" segment, yours truly is kicked in the teeth by a marital difference of opinion. After that we are treated to a communication about the horrible consequences that one man is enduring as a result of ignoring my often-repeated advice.                Part of the tragedy? Having to stifle the "I told you so!" urge! Finally, Stalker Susie checks in to congratulate Randy on his sartorial splendor! Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most severe critic: A+)                   Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG Inspired by: "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; SIMPLEST & EASIEST GUIDE EVER!" "MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE" "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN: BARE BONES!" For sale on Amazon.com. After enjoying the books, please consider returning to leave a short customer review to  help future readers. Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.

The first report today is entitled:                                                                   "Medicare Advantage Legislation in Congress - Five Bills to Know!"                    That is today's Medicare Advantage Minute segment! The "Your Medicare Advantage 2025" reading tells us how Medicare is likely to cover Ostomy supplies.  United Healthcare is going through some unsettling times. Here we present twelve updates for your insurance news reading pleasure! Why do I have to call somebody to get a Medicare supplement (medigap) quote? In my opinion, the reasons presented in this article are bogus. If you go to my website MedicareForTheLazyMan.com and fill out a questionnaire, you will receive quotes for several  (usually at least 1/2 dozen) Medicare supplement companies drawn from my portfolio of excellent insurance companies by return e-mail.        No need to call anyone! Finally, where are the most beautiful hospitals in the USA located?                     Hint: the facility judged most beautiful of all is NOT located in Massachusetts!   Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most severe critic: A+)                   Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG Inspired by: "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; SIMPLEST & EASIEST GUIDE EVER!" "MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE" "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN: BARE BONES!" For sale on Amazon.com. After enjoying the books, please consider returning to leave a short customer review to  help future readers. Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.

"Civil Monetary Penalties for MA and Drug Plans Are Rising, According to Government Figures" - Medicare Advantage Minute. Osteoporosis Drugs - the subject of Your Medicare Benefits 2025. And finally, "What to Know About Rabies", an in depth look at the state of risks and treatments of rabies in the new millennium. Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most severe critic: A+)                   Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG Inspired by: "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; SIMPLEST & EASIEST GUIDE EVER!" "MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE" "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN: BARE BONES!" For sale on Amazon.com. After enjoying the books, please consider returning to leave a short customer review to  help future readers. Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.

In the "Medicare Advantage Minute" we hear that GOP lawmakers are considering a revision of the whole magilla. In "Your Medicare Benefits 2025" the exciting discussion centers around orthopedic shoes and how Medicare will cover them. Finally, we listen to an explanation of the Medicare electronic claims process. Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most severe critic: A+)                   Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG Inspired by: "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; SIMPLEST & EASIEST GUIDE EVER!" "MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE" "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN: BARE BONES!" For sale on Amazon.com. After enjoying the books, please consider returning to leave a short customer review to  help future readers. Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.

Plus, the Audible version is also out at a reasonable price, far below that $10 I mistakenly stated. SHEESH! Do you like prior authorization requirements and "aggressive claim denials"? Well, neither does Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. That is the reason they may split from United Healthcare's networks in our Medicare Advantage Minute. In the "Your Medicare Benefits 2025" segment we learn what expenses Medicare will cover when it comes to organ transplants.                                                       The organs in question: heart, lung, kidney, intestine, liver & pancreas. The rest of the episode is filled with a glowing report on my new book, the most powerful book in all of Medicare: Medicare for the Lazy Man: BARE BONES!    Priced at $1 for the Kindle E-book, $4.60 for the paperback and the Audible book coming soon! Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most severe critic: A+)                   Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG Inspired by: "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; SIMPLEST & EASIEST GUIDE EVER!" "MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE" "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN: BARE BONES!" For sale on Amazon.com. After enjoying the books, please consider returning to leave a short customer review to  help future readers. Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.

In the "Medicare Advantage Minute" segment:                                                       We enjoy a tutorial designed to help defeat the various methods companies use to avoid speaking with their customers.  In "Your Medicare Benefits" the subject concerns how Medicare would cover Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Services.  Brand new client Curt just had his Medicare supplement plan approved on July 4th. A few weeks later he received a job offer that included company-paid health insurance. What to do, what to do? Medicare maven Toni King is warning us about a new Medicare scam making the rounds. This one has to do with hospice care, which could be a little creepy. Finally, I try (and fail) to construct a quiz based on the states where nurse burnout is perceived to be highest and lowest. Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most severe critic: A+)                   Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG Inspired by: "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; SIMPLEST & EASIEST GUIDE EVER!" "MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE" "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN: BARE BONES!" For sale on Amazon.com. After enjoying the books, please consider returning to leave a short customer review to  help future readers. Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.

In the "Medicare Advantage Minute" segment, the question is posed: Will Dr. Oz push  MA plans now that he has been confirmed? In the "Your Medicare Benefits 2025" segment, we learn how Medicare might cover Occupational Therapy Services.  This is all about helping with the ADLs (activities of daily living). I used to think it had something to do with gainful employment. Client Howard writes to ask whether he is obligated to attend a Medicare Wellness visit even though his doctor pesters him to do so. Howard is suspicious that there might be a "truckload" of money involved, somehow.   Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most severe critic: A+)                   Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG Inspired by: "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; Simplest & Easiest Guide Ever!" "MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE" "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN: BARE BONES! For sale on Amazon.com. After enjoying the books, please consider returning to leave a short customer review to  help future readers. Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.

In the Medicare Advantage Minute we hear even more detail about the difficulties United Healthcare seems to be mired in. The Department of Justice is investigating charges of Medicare fraud & anti-trust violations.  So what else is new? Your Medicare Benefits 2025: Obesity Behavioral Therapy and how Medicare might cover that if you needed it. Soon-to-be-client Mary is wondering what action she should take to find out where her Part B Medicare application is hung up. Fortunately, Mary is an overachiever who has submitted her application early enough before her deadline that there is unlikely to be a troubling delay. That is not true for many other applicants! "Big Fan Terry" checks in to report that his choice of a High Deductible Plan G worked out great. His Medical treatment has resulted in only a small out-of-pocket expense and his recent 8%rate increase amounted to a frightening $4 per month! Finally, Stalker Susie has promised to try out the Kindle version of  "Medicare Drug Plans; A Simple D-I-Y Guide" and report back on how useful it was in her search for the "best" (cheapest) Part D drug plan. Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most severe critic: A+)                   Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG Inspired by: "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; Simplest & Easiest Guide Ever!" "MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE" "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN: BARE BONES! For sale on Amazon.com. After enjoying the books, please consider returning to leave a short customer review to  help future readers. Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.

In the Medicare Advantage Minute segment We address the dangers of the "Medicare Advantage Trap" and learn how one should avoid it. The government publication "Your Medicare Benefits 2025" reveals the extent to which Medicare will (or will not) cover nursing home care. Is there an overhaul in the works for prior authorization regulations?  According to another article, Medicare Part D prescription drug plans may face an "uncertain future". Weiss Memorial Hospital fails its quality inspection in several categories and so has been suspended from any Medicare revenue collection. Finally, we review the dangers, both hidden and otherwise, of untreated heartburn and acid indigestion. Not a condition to be taken lightly! Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most severe critic: A+)                   Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG Inspired by: "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; SIMPLEST & EASIEST GUIDE EVER!" "MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE" "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN: BARE BONES!" For sale on Amazon.com. After enjoying the books, please consider returning to leave a short customer review to  help future readers. Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.

In the Medicare Advantage Minute segment, United Healthcare cites the murder of their CEO in a move to stifle criticism from the press.                                           Gee, that should make them a lot of friends! In a selection from "Your Medicare Benefits 2025" we learn how Medicare would cover Nebulizers and Nebulizer medications. A couple of valued clients inform me about trouble in Paradise! They move from Minnesota to Green Valley, AZ and some alert employee of their Part D prescription drug plan decided to do a little snooping. Eventually, the Minnesota plan was cancelled and the husband was unable to obtain any more meds. During that investigation another mystery presented itself, this one centering on a theft of enrollment; a Medicare participant was notified that her drug plan had been automatically cancelled due to enrollment in a Humana Medicare Advantage plan. That would have netted some thief a $600+ sales commission. Fortunately, the Content Curator took quick action and the damage was reversed. Listen carefully for a hint as to how one can improve a drug plan customer service encounter. Susan is so eager to become a client she wants to lock in her Medicare supplement plan six months ahead of time. Didn't work out exactly as planned for her. Finally, Dirk needs some guidance as to when to enroll in Medicare, his 65th birthday month or the month his wife retires.  Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most severe critic: A+)                   Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG Inspired by: "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; SIMPLEST & EASIEST GUIDE EVER!" "MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE" "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN: BARE BONES!" For sale on Amazon.com. After enjoying the books, please consider returning to leave a short customer review to  help future readers. Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.

In the "Medicare Advantage Minute" we hear more detail regarding the accusations about alleged misdeeds committed by America's largest Medicare Advantage insurance company. If the accusations are anywhere close to accurate, this behemoth may be following Arthur Anderson down the drain! In the "Your Medicare Benefits 2025" segment we discuss poop, specifically screening your poop for signs of disease. The cool part is that Medicare will pay for all this fun! Finally, how old is too old to drive? Spoiler alert: there is no one answer for everyone. Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most severe critic: A+)                   Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG Inspired by: "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; Simplest & Easiest Guide Ever!" "MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE" For sale on Amazon.com. After enjoying the books, please consider returning to leave a short customer review to  help future readers. Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.

Medicare Advantage Minute announces 2019 statistics: 17% of MA claims were denied in that year but of those claims that were appealed, 57% were ultimately paid. In the "Your Medicare Benefits 2025" segment we learn how Medicare is likely to cover Monoclonal Antibodies when they are used for the treatment of early onset Alzheimer's disease. "Early onset" is described as symptoms appearing before age 65. Humana subsidiary CenterWell announced the purchase of bankrupt firm The Villages Health. Apparently they declared bankruptcy after discovering they owed hundreds of millions to Medicare. How does this sort of thing sneak up on a company? Finally, as alluded to in the headline of this episode, there was speculation about what might happen if a person insured by a High Deductible Medicare supplement. Would the family members tasked with paying the bills be burdened by extra accounting and check-writing duties in the event of a long period of disability? My answer? Unequivocally no! Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most severe critic: A+)                   Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG Inspired by: "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; Simplest & Easiest Guide Ever!" "MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE" For sale on Amazon.com. After enjoying the books, please consider returning to leave a short customer review to  help future readers. Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.

In the "Medicare Advantage Minute" we learn that many Medicare Advantage insurance companies have stopped paying sales commissions to agents that sell some of their Medicare Advantage and Part D prescription drug plans. Later in the episode we receive the same interesting news from Blue Shield of California. How does a company expect to sell products through insurance brokers without paying sales commissions? In the "Your Medicare Benefits 2025" segment we learn how Medicare is likely to handle claims for Mental Health Care (Partial Hospitalization). Finally, client Larry reported that Globe Life of NY was planning to increase the monthly premium of the HDG plan he and his wife have been enrolled in. What he may not have realized is that it was the first rate increase in four years...unheard of for any but the much-maligned HDG supplement plans! Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most severe critic: A+)                   Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG Inspired by: "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; Simplest & Easiest Guide Ever!" "MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE" For sale on Amazon.com. After enjoying the books, please consider returning to leave a short customer review to  help future readers. Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.

Our "Medicare Advantage Minute" reveals a plot to force all Medicare enrollees into the gulag of Medicare Advantage plans for a 3-year stretch.  Our new favorite listener, Stalker Susie, has been offered an assignment to evaluate the efficacy of the Kindle version of "Medicare Drug Plans; A Simple D-I-Y Guide!" I sure hope she accepts the offer! Finally, in the "Your Medicare Benefits 2025" segment, we learn how Medicare will likely cover Mental Health Care (Intensive Outpatient Program Services) Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most severe critic: A+)                   Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG Inspired by: "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; Simplest & Easiest Guide Ever!" "MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE" For sale on Amazon.com. After enjoying the books, please consider returning to leave a short customer review to  help future readers. Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.

Randy Carson returns to share the stories of his Grand Tour of Europe! In the "Your Medicare Benefits 2025" segment we learn how Medicare will handle my eventual need for Mental Health Care (outpatient) after I go nuts one day. In UnitedHealth Group news, the company has announced the cessation of commission payments to insurance brokers for some Medicare Advantage plans. Moody's has downgraded their rating from "Stable" to "Negative". As if that weren't enough, Lefties AOC and Lloyd Doggett have formerly requested the DOJ to turn the heat up even higher! Finally, we review a list of physician specialties rated by the practitioners'' intent to either continue or withdraw. Some of the categories were very surprising. Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most severe critic: A+)                   Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG Inspired by: "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; Simplest & Easiest Guide Ever!" "MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE" For sale on Amazon.com. After enjoying the books, please consider returning to leave a short customer review to  help future readers. Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.

The Cleaning Fairy, who claims to be a "trained & certified" SHIP advisor, gifted "Medicare for the Lazy Man" with substantial praise, calling it: Comprehensive and clear! In the "Your Medicare Benefits 2025" segment we learn how Medicare would be likely to cover Mental Health Care - Inpatient. How about a list of 13 things one can get free from Medicare? Finally, due to a situation that befell an old friend from High School, I share the results of my research on the Illinois Fair Patient Billing Act. This places limits on how medical providers can attempt debt collection but does not absolve patients of their fiscal responsibilities. Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most severe critic: A+)                   Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG Inspired by: "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; Simplest & Easiest Guide Ever!" "MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE" For sale on Amazon.com. After enjoying the books, please consider returning to leave a short customer review to  help future readers. Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.

In the "Medicare Advantage Minute" we learn that some politicians have opined that MA plans might be overdue for an overhaul! Welcome to the party! The "Your Medicare Benefits 2025" segment teaches us how Medicare is likely to cover Mental Health & Substance Use Disorders. Are you worried about having a medical emergency while you are on vacation? I review an article that presents strategies for spending less while enjoying life more. Finally, a personal friend of mine had been paying $800 for quarterly refills of his expensive drug. On vacation in St. Maartin he acquired a refill for $230. After I gave him another source he reported his best result at $156 for a 90 day source. Maybe I can help you, too! Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most severe critic: A+)                   Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG Inspired by: "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; Simplest & Easiest Guide Ever!" "MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE" For sale on Amazon.com. After enjoying the books, please consider returning to leave a short customer review to  help future readers. Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.

In the "Your Medicare Benefits 2025" segment we learn how Medicare would cover the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program. "Stalker Susie" checked in to defend Massachusetts and to join me in lamenting the departure of Durgin-Park restaurant.    Having changed directions slightly, Neil Reich and I have come to a meeting of the minds. Since we are sort of duty-bound to discuss something about Medicare, I think we will find common ground upon which to discuss the future of MA. On the other hand, Howard Farkash is still a question mark. New client Curt needs quick action to complete Medicare enrollment so that his unexpected termination does not leave him in the lurch. Curt came to the fight place! Amazon doubles down on generic drugs with a subscription service for those who are already Prime members. In most cases I think Wellcare Value Script would be a better option. Finally, I read a short warning about the need to be cautious when it comes to Medicare scams.                                                                                                        Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most severe critic: A+)                   Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG Inspired by: "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; Simplest & Easiest Guide Ever!" "MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE" For sale on Amazon.com. After enjoying the books, please consider returning to leave a short customer review to  help future readers. Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.

In our "Medicare Advantage Minute" we learn about Humana's "cautious defense" of Medicare advantage plans. In a refreshing change of pace, Humana seems to be willing to admit that MA plans have room for improvement. In a related conversation we touched on the ongoing legal action of the 250,000 retirees from New York City who have been engaged in a llawsuit against the city since 2021. They do not want the crappy Medicare Advantage retiree plan that the city says will save $600 million per year. On a lighter note, we spend the "Your Medicare Benefits 2025" segment learning all about how Medicare would cover medical nutrition therapy services.   Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most severe critic: A+)                   Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG Inspired by: "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; Simplest & Easiest Guide Ever!" "MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE" For sale on Amazon.com. After enjoying the books, please consider returning to leave a short customer review to  help future readers. Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.

In the "Medicare Advantage Minute" we examine the four major reasons that members of MA plans tend to move on to different plans after a period of time. Hint: it isn't because they are happy where they are! "Your Medicare Benefits 2025": Mammograms. Enough said. Our favorite Medicare Maven Toni King takes a letter from a reader about a claim that Medicare rejected. She explains the possible reasons and the most reasonable solution. Finally, we try to figure out the rationale behind a list of the best and worst states for working fathers. Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most severe critic: A+)                   Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG Inspired by: "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; Simplest & Easiest Guide Ever!" "MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE" For sale on Amazon.com. After enjoying the books, please consider returning to leave a short customer review to  help future readers. Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.

In the Medicare Advantage Minute: it might be a big fat lie but MA plans are pretending to support some reform efforts. Some have predicted that MA plans could receive as much as $43 billion in overpayments per year for diagnoses not supported by medical records. In the "Your Medicare Benefits" segment we look at how Medicare covers age-related Macular Degeneration tests and treatments. The meat of this episode consists of a thorough description of my new book: Medicare Drug Plans; Simple D-I-Y Guide. Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most severe critic: A+)                   Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG Inspired by: "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; Simplest & Easiest Guide Ever!" "MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE" For sale on Amazon.com. After enjoying the books, please consider returning to leave a short customer review to  help future readers. Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.

In the Medicare Advantage Minute we learn how MA plans use prior authorization requirements to help balance the books. This at the expense of patients who are in need of medical treatment for the best opportunity to regain health! Nebraska is taking the lead in the war to make MA plans better for their members. In the Your Medicare Benefits segment we learn how Medicare is likely to cover lymphedema compression treatment items. Do you like to get stabbed? We cover a list of vaccinations recommended for adults. Finally, an advisor known only as "Rusty" takes a question from a couple who are shocked to have been caught by the "Success Penalty" known as IRMAA. IRMAA casts a wide net but there is an appeal process that has shown success in the past. Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most severe critic: A+)                   Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG Inspired by: "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; Simplest & Easiest Guide Ever!" "MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE" For sale on Amazon.com. After enjoying the books, please consider returning to leave a short customer review to  help future readers. Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.

In the "Medicare Advantage Minute" we enjoy an article entitled:                    Should you ditch your MA plan? Most people do!                                                     If you are tempted to ditch your MA plan, you are not alone! Reported problems include difficulty accessing care, receiving quality care and accessing quality care from specialists. In the "Your Medicare Benefits 2025" segment we learn under what circumstances and to what extent Medicare will cover lung cancer screenings. Even more details are to be had as we review an article entitled "Does Medicare cover the Shingles vaccine"? Turns out the answer is "Yes"! Finally, we tear into a list of thirteen of the most painful medical conditions humans can endure! After that each of us tries to disgust the other with a couple of additions to the list.   Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most severe critic: A+)                   Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG Inspired by: "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; Simplest & Easiest Guide Ever!" "MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE" For sale on Amazon.com. After enjoying the books, please consider returning to leave a short customer review to  help future readers. Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.

Medicare Advantage Minute was the source of an interesting and welcome news report of the likely agenda items to be pushed by Dr, Oz.                                       As the new Administrator of the CMS he has some ambitious goals, including intensive auditing and collection efforts aimed at each Medicare Advantage plan. In the "Your Medicare Benefits 2025" segment  we learned how Medicare might cover Long Term Care expenses. Finally, in the largest Medicaid fraud scheme known to mankind, crooks used the identities of dead patients in order to bilk billions from government coffers.    Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most severe critic: A+)                   Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG Inspired by: "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; Simplest & Easiest Guide Ever!" "MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE" on Amazon.com. Return to leave a short customer review & help future readers. Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.

In the "Medicare Advantage Minute" we learn about an enterprising gentleman who built a Medicare empire. He provided services for which he was able to bill the government over $174 million.  Then the police came calling. On to "Your Medicare Benefits 2025" where we learned how Medicare is likely to cover Long Term Care. How might the "Big Beautiful Bill" affect Medicare? Some areas of concern involve Medicare Advantage and the upcoding that so many MA plans are wont to do. Finally, we discussed some of the locations on a list of "12 Great Places to Retire in the Midwest". Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most severe critic: A+)                   Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG Inspired by: "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; Simplest & Easiest Guide Ever!" on Amazon.com. Return to leave a short customer review & help future readers. Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.

Accused of several despicable acts of malpractice, May has been a rough month for UnitedHealth Group. It is suffering a drop in stock value, reduced earnings projections and a loss of confidence.  One of the many accusations includes pressuring or bribing 2200 nursing homes to refuse the transfer of patients to hospitals, thereby saving the company many large claims. In the "Your Medicare Benefits 2025" segment, we learn how Medicare would cover kidney transplants. On a very serious subject, 11% of Medicare participants rely solely on original Medicare. This has the possibility of turning out to be a big mistake. Even if one has the deepest of deep pockets, neglecting to carry insurance to supplement Medicare Parts A & B can leave one in a position of being refused treatment for elective or non-emergency medical procedures. Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most severe critic: A+)                   Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG Inspired by: "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; Simplest & Easiest Guide Ever!" on Amazon.com. Return to leave a short customer review & help future readers. Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.

My client had the best Medicare insurance available at a very small cost, but decided to drop Part B and her Medicare supplement for over a year while waiting for Social Security enrollment. Bad move! She has been diagnosed with atrial fibrillation. She now must wait until next year to re-enroll in Part B and she may never qualify to get her great supplement again. We started this episode by detailing some of the employee layoffs that at least 18 insurance companies must endure due to uncontrolled expenses. This apparently includes 30,000 to be terminated from United Health Group, the largest health insurance company of them all. In the "Your Medicare Benefits 2025" segment, we learn how Medicare covers Kidney Disease Education for those suffering from those afflictions. Finally I give a short history of the origins and a couple of the quirks of Part D prescription drug plans.      Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most severe critic: A+)                   Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG Inspired by: "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; Simplest & Easiest Guide Ever!" on Amazon.com. Return to leave a short customer review & help future readers. Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.

We started out with the Medicare Advantage Minute during which we learned that the "Final Rule" for MA and Part D drug plans for 2026 has been published. Learn 14 (or fewer) exciting things about what the future holds for those plans. In the "Your Medicare Benefits 2025" segment we learn exactly how Medicare would cover Kidney Disease Education. This is an awkward way of saying that Medicare will pay to educate people about the ravages of Kidney Disease. Did you know that Massachusetts is one of only three states that is allowed to design their own Medicare supplement plans? Well, they did a really bad job of it and they don't seem to care at all. Finally, when it comes to GLP-1 drugs fight diabetes and also happen to promote weight loss, they may not be as wonderful as hoped. Six out of 10 patients stop taking these drugs before seeing meaningful results and many health insurance companies have stopped covering them.   Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most severe critic: A+)                   Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG Inspired by: "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; Simplest & Easiest Guide Ever!" on Amazon.com. Return to leave a short customer review & help future readers. Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.

The Medicare Advantage Minute segment once again illustrates the fact that very few appeals were filed by MA victims of prior authorization refusals. However, the majority of those appeals resulted in reversals of the denials! In "Your Medicare Benefits 2025" we learn how Medicare covers insulin, including the newly created $35 monthly out-of-pocket limit! Moments before recording time a plea for assistance arrived from a victim of the barrage of MA plan brutality that happens to everyone who turns age 65. After hearing a radio interview he decided to emerge from hiding and take a chance on Medicare for the Lazy Man. Finally, How can one appeal a Part D lifetime late enrollment penalty? Just listen to find out! Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most severe critic: A+)                   Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG Inspired by: "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; Simplest & Easiest Guide Ever!" on Amazon.com. Return to leave a short customer review & help future readers. Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.

In the Medicare Advantage Minute we (again) read that Dr. Oz plans to scrutinize Medicare Advantage plans to make sure they don't continue to pursue the underhanded tactics, like "upcoding" that have allowed some of them to loot the US Treasury for year after year. In "Your Medicare Benefits 2025" the topic of the day is Inpatient Rehabilitation Care. The rest of the episode consists of correspondence and questions from clients and soon-to-be clients. Just what the content curator ordered! Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most severe critic: A+)                   Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG Inspired by: "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; Simplest & Easiest Guide Ever!" on Amazon.com. Return to leave a short customer review & help future readers. Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.

In the Medicare Advantage Minute, "Another Health System Scales Back Its MA Plan" which will leave Vermont and surrounding New England states with fewer MA plan options. In "Your Medicare Benefits 2025 we learn how Medicare covers inpatient hospital expenses.  Finally, we have a look at the Big Beautiful Bill. In particular we review four elements that, if passed, would directly affect Medicare. Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most severe critic: A+)                   Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG Inspired by: "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; Simplest & Easiest Guide Ever!" on Amazon.com. Return to leave a short customer review & help future readers. Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.

In the "Medicare Advantage Minute" segment we learn a little about what Dr. Oz may prioritize when he assumes command of his little corner of the bureaucracy. How about some oxygen? Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy is the subject of "Your Medicare Benefits 2025". Finally, have you ever needed to visit a hospital emergency room? Did you wind up leaving in disgust with your medical problem untreated?  As it turns out, somebody measures these things in all 50 states plus DC! Also, the results are less politically biased than we have seen in many other survey results.   Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most severe critic: A+)                   Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG Inspired by: "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; Simplest & Easiest Guide Ever!" on Amazon.com. Return to leave a short customer review & help future readers. Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.

In the "Medicare Advantage Minute" we have an item detailing a series of accusations about UHC having planted "operatives" in nursing homes. The goal was to dodge big medical claims by manipulating treatment and stopping hospital transfers. Yet to be determined whether there was any collateral damage. On a lighter note, we visit "Your Medicare Benefits 2025" to learn exactly how Medicare might cover humidifiers. A valued client writes in to ask whether a recent disturbing encounter with solidified intestinal contents might drive him to debtor's prison. After detailing the mathematical calculations Medicare will use in covering the medical charges, the excellent protection provided by Medicare and his High Deductible Plan G may surprise you. I was thrilled to receive some correspondence from a happy housewife who requested my best Medicare supplement recommendation for her and her husband.  At least I was thrilled until I learned that they live in Massachusetts, the place with the worst Medicare supplement environment in all of the USA. The fun continues in a future episode so be sure to stay tuned. Finally, an old line property & casualty company brings its Medicare supplement offerings to my portfolio. The first notice I was included regarded a planned rate increase in Nevada. True to form, Plan G was in line for a 28% bump in rates while HDG was due for only 11%. Think about what I have been preaching: 28% of a large number would be a much more painful rate increase than 11% of a much smaller one. Give me High Deductible Plan G every time! Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most severe critic: A+)                   Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG Inspired by: "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; Simplest & Easiest Guide Ever!" on Amazon.com. Return to leave a short customer review & help future readers. Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.

In the Medicare Advantage Minute we hit the high points in an article entitled "Medicare Advantage So Far: Five Things To Know!" The bottom line was a bunch of MA plan representatives whining  about what they think was a niggardly increase in their payment schedule from the Treasury. In the "Your Medicare Benefits 2025" segment we have a very short discussion about hospital beds. Further discussions touched on Bass Ale and finally settled on a lengthy description of the best client I could ever want to have! Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most severe critic: A+)                   Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG Inspired by: "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; Simplest & Easiest Guide Ever!" on Amazon.com. Return to leave a short customer review & help future readers. Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.

In the "Medicare Advantage Minute" we go through news article reporting that the majority of MA members are confused. It had some other negatives to report about Medicare Advantage as well In "Your Medicare Benefits 2024 (or maybe 2025)" we learn exactly how Medicare covers in-home hospice care. Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most severe critic: A+)                   Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG Inspired by: "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; Simplest & Easiest Guide Ever!" on Amazon.com. Return to leave a short customer review & help future readers. Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.

Patients with Medicare Advantage insurance coverage: rural hospitals are asking themselves whether they can afford to keep accepting them! This is the subject of our "Medicare Advantage Minute" today. In "Your Medicare Benefits 2025" we learn how Medicare would cover home infusion therapy services. Then we spot check some rate increase statistics in order to determine whether inflationary trends are still exerting upward pressure on insurance premiums. They are. Medicare is not allowed to provide and pay for drugs whose only function is weight loss. Some of the newly distributed GLP-1 drugs provide weight loss effects as well as beneficial treatment of heart disease and type 2 diabetes. This causes a high demand for these expensive meds. Finally, we learn what some pinko organization thinks are the best states and worst states for overall health care access. Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most severe critic: A+)                   Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG Inspired by: "MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; Simplest & Easiest Guide Ever!" on Amazon.com. Return to leave a short customer review & help future readers. Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.