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The Motley Fool January 22, 2007 Dan Caplinger	Understanding Medicare: Costs The deductibles and co-payments for Medicare Advantage Plans and prescription-drug plans can vary greatly between particular plans. A thorough examination of such plans is necessary for understanding the costs and to make a good decision about which plan to choose.
Managed Care September 2000	Any way you cut it, employers appear to save if Medicare adopts drug benefit A new analysis suggests that a prescription drug benefit in Medicare would reduce employer expense for health coverage--which, in turn, could encourage more employers to offer some form of drug coverage and thus reverse this erosion...
Managed Care July 2007	AMA: Patients Will Feel Cuts in Medicare Next year's proposed 10 percent cut in Medicare payments is serving as a rallying point for members of the American Medical Association, which says the cuts will make it difficult for physicians to accept new Medicare patients.
The Motley Fool January 26, 2007 Dan Caplinger	Fall Into the Medigap Unfortunately, choosing the best Medigap policy for your particular situation can be complicated. You have to analyze the various options included in the plans that are available to you.
Financial Planning November 1, 2007 Donald Jay Korn	Medicare Choices What are Medicare private fee-for-service plans and why did their fortunes rise and fall so dramatically? Most important, if these plans survive in their current form, should advisors suggest them for clients enrolled in or approaching Medicare eligibility?
Financial Planning February 1, 2006 Janet Aschkenasy	Drug Deals Here is how to help your financial advisory clients make sense of Medicare Part D.
Managed Care July 2000 Michael Levin-Epstein	Congress Asked To Take Action As HMOs Flee Managed Medicare Thanks mainly to the increasing cost of providing a prescription drug benefit, HMOs are exiting Medicare+Choice, the system that was supposed to manage the health of the nation's senior citizens, in droves. Only an act of Congress can save Medicare+Choice, but is seems doubtful that will happen.
Financial Planning April 1, 2010 Donald Jay Korn	Medicare: Change is Coming This is a great time to get together with clients over 65 who will be affected by health care changes and go over their Medicare coverage. At the same time, you can see what other areas of financial planning are on their mind.
Managed Care August 2004	Headlines On Deadline ... Expanded Medicare coverage for obesity is the result of the government's removal of language from the Medicare manual that states that the condition is not an illness... Earnings soared 36 percent for UnitedHealth Group in the second quarter... etc.
The Motley Fool January 25, 2007 Dan Caplinger	Fight for Your Rights: Health Insurance Claims Because you're paying for your health insurance coverage, you should get everything you're entitled to receive.
Knowledge@Wharton July 30, 2003	Restructuring Medicare Is a Riskier Operation than First Thought Hailed as a bipartisan success when passed in late June, two Medicare reform bills are losing some of their luster as they face closer scrutiny by a conference committee made up of members of both chambers charged with reconciling the legislation this fall.
The Motley Fool November 10, 2005 David Braze	Who Pays for Long-Term Care? In the second of a six-part series, this installment covers what Medicare and Medicaid cover (and don't cover) for long-term care.
BusinessWeek October 3, 2005 Howard Gleckman	Medicare: Decisions, Decisions With drug and HMO plans now in the mix, seniors face a raft of complex choices.
Managed Care July 2002	Memo Clarifies CMS Guidelines on Injectables Injectable drugs should be covered by Medicare if beneficiaries administer them less than 50 percent of the time, according to a clarification on this issue by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services that's set to take effect Aug. 1.
On Wall Street June 1, 2012 Larry Barrett	The Reality of Health Care Costs Too many Americans are counting on Medicare to pay for a high portion of their health care costs in retirement. Too many pre-retirees are either ignoring or underestimating the advice they could be receiving from a financial advisor.
The Motley Fool January 30, 2007 Dan Caplinger	Will You Be Covered? The costs of medical care have risen dramatically over the past several decades. Health insurance is a must for financial security, but many don't have it.
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Managed Care June 2004	Headlines On Deadline ... About 50 of the largest U.S. employers plan to form a health insurance pool... Managed Medicare plans will receive at least a 6.6 percent increase in payment rates in 2005... The biotechnology industry...
Registered Rep. October 10, 2014 Mark Miller	Healthcare Inflation is on the Mend Tame healthcare inflation is good news for your retired clients.
Registered Rep. October 13, 2011 Mark Miller	Determining Your Elderly Clients' Best-Fit in Medicare Plans You may be able to help senior clients save thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket health care costs by encouraging them to comparison shop for Medicare prescription drug and managed care options during the program's annual fall enrollment season.
The Motley Fool January 26, 2007 Dan Caplinger	Fall Into the Medigap: Part 2 Medicare supplemental insurance may give you the additional protection you need. Knowing more about the various plan options is helpful in making a decision about which Medigap policy to choose.
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Registered Rep. January 2, 2013 Kevin McKinley	Mapping the Medicare Maze Advisors can shed some much-appreciated light on this crucial but confusing program.
BusinessWeek May 8, 2006 Howard Gleckman	Fighting For The Right Drugs If your Medicare insurer won't cover your medication, here's how to buck the system.
BusinessWeek July 14, 2003 Robert J. Barro	Medicare: Forget the Drug Benefit, and Face Up to Real Reforms Washington seems poised to make a major error on Medicare. The program's costs are out of control, and the situation will deteriorate further as the population ages. We should be considering basic changes to the structure of the health-care market.
Financial Planning April 1, 2007 Joan Warner	What's Next for Medicare Is America's retirement healthcare plan really in trouble? Here's some good news -- and some hard decisions for your financial advisory clients.
BusinessWeek January 31, 2005 Howard Gleckman	The Real Retirement Time Bomb Without reform, Medicare premiums will eat away at Social Security benefits.
Investment Advisor October 2006 Kara Stapleton	Numerology The number of Americans covered by a government health insurance plan as of 2005 was 38.1 million... Americans age 55 who live to age 90 would need to have accumulated $210,000 (by age 65) to pay for insurance to supplement Medicare... etc.
Managed Care October 2007 John Carroll	Medicare Coverage Rules Are Not Always Last Word Yes, commercial health insurers often take a cue from the government, but that doesn't mean that they follow blindly.
The Motley Fool August 18, 2006 Dan Caplinger	The Medicare Drug Dilemma: Part 1 Seniors have a great benefit available to them, but it's tough sorting through it all. We're here to help.
Managed Care February 2001	In Medicare Bill, HMOs Got What They Wanted When the dust cleared over how $35 billion in Medicare "givebacks" would be divided, the Republicans prevailed -- Medicare HMOs got a bigger cut than Democrats wanted to give them. Now, President Bush may be poised to give Medicare managed care plans more...
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Managed Care November 2007	Patient Advocates Want Part D Changes A Medicare-administered drug benefit would be more affordable and comprehensive than the current private insurance-run drug benefit, say patient advocate groups.
CFO June 1, 2005 Russ Banham	Prescription for Malaise? Health-insurance providers are rushing to participate in Medicare's new drug-benefit program. Companies are proceeding with caution.
Managed Care March 2007	Use of Generics On the Rise Recent data indicate that generic medication accounts for nearly 60% of the drugs dispensed to people in Medicare Prescription Drug Plans and Medicare Advantage plans.
Managed Care November 2001	Medicare+Choice Problems Chasing Away 58 Health Plans Medicare+Choice, the program that was supposed to ease the elderly into managed care, is itself suffering from the uneasiness of HMOs dissatisfied with payment rates...
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Managed Care February 2004 John A. Marcille	The Administration Delivers A Major Gift to Managed Care Which brings me to the announcement that Medicare payments to health plans participating in what was called Medicare+Choice but is now known as MedicareAdvantage will increase by a record 10.6 percent.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2005 Lynn O'Shaughnessy	Medicare Drug Benefit 101 If financial advisers can understand the basics of the new Medicare drug benefit plan, they can provide a great service to their clients -- perhaps even save them money in premiums. Here's where to start.
Managed Care May 2005 John Carroll	Evaporation of Retiree Benefits May Be Health Plan Opportunity With big companies steadily reducing coverage for retirees, plans need to devise products for this needy population.
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