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November 30, 2011 by bob mason

What Is Medicare Secondary Payer?

A Plain English explanation of why Medicare can (and should) grab part of your worker’s comp or court settlement . . . and what to do about it!  Give me five minutes! I proudly told my 94 year-old Mom … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General, Medicare, Medicare Secondary Payer, Special Needs Planning Tagged With: Medicare, Medicare secondary payer, MSA

November 2, 2011 by bob mason Leave a Comment

Getting Through The Part A Part B Part C Part D (whew) Enrollment Phase

Sick Pumpkins

  What do Halloween and Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment Periods have in common? A. They both are spooky. B. They happen at about the same time. C. They leave many people in the dark. D. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General, Medicare Tagged With: Drug plans, Medicare, Medicare Advantage Plans, medicare supplemental, medigap, Open enrollment, Part A, Part B, Part C, Part D, Special enrollment

May 3, 2011 by bob mason Leave a Comment

CASH-IN A BIG IRA AND PAY BIG MEDICARE PREMIUMS

  What does cashing in an IRA, or perhaps converting to a Roth IRA, have to do with Medicare premiums? Maybe a lot . . . a lot of your money. Occasionally a person going into a nursing home may … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Banking, Medicare, Social Security, Tax Issues Tagged With: cashing in an IRA, IRA, Medicare, Medicare premiums

February 28, 2011 by bob mason Leave a Comment

BUSTING THE MEDICARE “PLATEAU” MYTH

Medicare Improvement Standard A Myth

I could retire if I had a dollar (better make it five dollars) for every client who had been told she would not qualify for further Medicare nursing home coverage because she was no longer improving … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General, Medicare Tagged With: failure to progress, Medicare, Medicare improvement, Medicare plateau

January 9, 2010 by bob mason

More on Medicare Advantage Plans – Coastal Senior, September 2007

Coastal Senior is a monthly periodical published in Savannah, Georgia and circulated throughout the Georgia and South Carolina low country. Bob Mason is its legal columnist. In case you missed my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Coastal Senior, Medicare Tagged With: Medicare, Medicare Advantage Plans

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