Medicare Supplement Plans are changing on June 1st, 2010. After it is all said and done, four plans will be eliminated and two new plans are going to be introduced. Despite all the changes, the most popular and Best Medicare Supplement Plan is still plan F. This is largely due to the comprehensive nature of […]

Medicare fraud is when providers mislead Medicare into paying for services it shouldn’t pay for or paying more than it should pay. There are many ways you can prevent fraud: Protect your Medicare number the same way you would protect your credit card number. Be careful about who you give your Medicare number to. Be […]

Friday, July 30, marks the 45th anniversary of the Medicare program. On this date in 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Medicare and Medicaid bill into law in the presence of former President Harry Truman, who received the first Medicare card at the ceremony. Nearly 19 million beneficiaries followed Truman and enrolled in Medicare in […]

When picking any kind of insurance policy there is a degree of stress and frustration as you try to decide how to cover all of the possibilities. Insurance plans are there to protect you in the event of an emergency and how can they do that if you haven’t picked the right coverage? What you […]

Survey Says . . . A diet aimed at lowering high blood pressure can also prevent kidney stones, a recent study shows. A study featured in a recent HealthDay News article looked at the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) model and its affect on kidney stones. A DASH-style diet is high in fruits, vegetables, […]