MEDICARE
Medicare Medical (Part B) premium varies with income
Medicare Medical (Part B) coverage helps pay for doctors services and outpatient care along with other services. Most people incorrectly think that the costs of providing Medicare Part B coverage are...
Posted on 5/20/13 at 3:49 PM
Mobile Device for Augmentative Communication: Insurance Style
An Android or Apple mobile device with a communication app for people who have difficulty speaking, such as an iPad with Proloquo2Go, is not a new concept anymore. However, insurancepayingfor a mobile...
Posted on 3/22/13 at 8:52 AM
Medicare Fraud
Medicare Fraud can happen to you. Always read your Medicare Summary Notice (MSN) or health care billing statement. This is not a bill but it does come after you get medical care http://www.stopmedica...
Posted on 2/14/13 at 7:05 PM
2013 Medicare Tax Increases
The sale of real estate including your home or farm could be subject to Medicare taxes. The Affordable Care Act's increased Medicare taxes are ineffect now for tax year 2013. Some workers are wonderin...
Posted on 2/7/13 at 5:48 PM
Got a Medicare supplement? It’s time to put on your sneakers!
By Denise Pinkney Were excited to offer the SilverSneakers Fitness Program to our Medicare supplement members. SilverSneakers is an exercise program designed to keep older adults active and healthy....
Posted on 11/28/12 at 10:44 AM
Medica to host meeting in Moorhead on Jan. 27 
Medica’s Center for Healthy Aging will sponsor an informational meeting about Medicare and health plan options available to seniors at 10 a.m. Jan. 27 at Moorhead’s Courtyard by Marriott, 1080 28th Ave. S.
By Forum staff reports , January 19, 2011
Don’t be quick to discard health care reform law 
You know the old adage “Look before you leap?” As efforts ramp up to repeal health care reform in Congress, we should take a long look at what that will mean for the quality of health care we have available to us here.
By Bob Jansen , January 06, 2011
Q and A: Expanded Medicaid in Minnesota 
ST. PAUL – Minnesota is getting more involved in the federal health care overhaul with a major expansion of Medicaid coverage for the poor.
By Martiga Lohn / Associated Press , January 06, 2011
Boomers approach Medicare head-on 
WASHINGTON – The first baby boomers will be old enough to qualify for Medicare on Saturday, and many fear the program’s obituary will be written before their own.
By Jennifer Agiesta, Associated Press , December 30, 2010
Medicare enrollment deadline is Friday
BISMARCK – Medicare beneficiaries have until Friday to compare and enroll in Medicare Part D plans.December 23, 2010
Cuts threaten seniors’ doctors 
At the stroke of midnight on Dec. 31, doctors who treat Medicare patients are scheduled to absorb a 25 percent pay cut – a cut that threatens the ability of seniors to see their preferred physician and receive the care they need.
By Bob Jansen , December 09, 2010
UCare to host meetings on Medicare for seniors 
UCare will sponsor informational meetings about its UCare for Seniors Medicare Advantage plan at the following area Minnesota locations:
December 01, 2010
Medicare outreach event scheduled today in Fargo 
Seniors can attend a seminar in Fargo today to learn about enrollment options for Medicare Advantage and the Medicare prescription drug benefit.
The workshop will be at the Doublewood Inn, 3333 13th Ave. S., with presentations scheduled for 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
November 30, 2010
Medica to sponsor meeting in Moorhead 
Medica’s Center for Healthy Aging will sponsor a free informational meeting about Medicare and the health plan options available to seniors at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Moorhead Hjemkomst Center, 202 1st Ave. N.
October 14, 2010
Bursack: Alphabet soup adds to Medicare confusion
Dear Readers: Part one of this two-part series addressed my personal experience of signing up for Medicare Parts A and B as one of the “working aged.”By Carol Bradley Bursack , September 19, 2010
Bursack: Medicare sign-up turns into adventure
Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series on Medicare. Dear Readers: Questions about signing up for Medicare coverage – for oneself or a parent – come to me regularly.By Carol Bradley Bursack , September 12, 2010
Pomeroy: Medicare change ‘ill-advised’ 
By Ryan Johnson and Teri Finneman, Forum Communications Co. , August 26, 2010
Bernie Madoff would like Tracy Potter’s proposal 
This letter-writer has been on a 25-year mission to educate himself about our government-sponsored retirement plan.
By Keith Berg , August 25, 2010
‘Doughnut hole’ rebates arrive 
WILLMAR, Minn. – Refund checks are starting to trickle through the mail to Medicare recipients whose high prescription drug expenses pushed them into the “doughnut hole” last year.
By Anne Polta, Forum Communications Co. , July 23, 2010
Medicare plans undergo changes 
BISMARCK – North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm said Thursday that Medicare supplement insurance plans are undergoing changes effective Tuesday.
May 28, 2010
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