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From the Book - 2024-2025 edition.
Introduction -- Medicare is a mystery: It doesn't have to be -- Why is Medicare so important? -- Why is Medicare so confusing? -- How to use this book -- Avoid mistake #1 -- Very brief history of Medicare -- Ignoring Medicare noise is difficult -- Chapter 1. Enrollment -- Medicare eligibility -- Signing up for Medicare -- Can I delay enrollment in Medicare? -- Late enrollment penalties -- Medicaid -- Conclusions: Thinking ahead is key -- Chapter 2. Medicare Part A -- Eligibility -- If you don't qualify -- Part A benefits -- Key term: Benefit period -- No annual out-of-pocket limit -- Chapter 3. Medicare Part B -- Premium -- Annual deductible -- Coinsurance -- Part B coverage -- Coverage details -- Sources of Part B confusion -- Canceling Medicare Part B -- No annual out-of-pocket limit -- Chapter 4. Prescription drug coverage -- The basics -- Eligibility -- Enrollment -- Prescription drug plan terms -- The standard Part D plan -- The complicated calculations involved in Part D -- Why people misunderstand the coverage gap -- How to choose -- Important hints on using the Medicare plan finder -- Preferred pharmacies and mail order -- Changing plans -- Important extras -- Chapter 5. Medicare Advantage -- The basics -- Types of Medicare Advantage plans -- Medicare Advantage prescription drug plans -- Enrollment -- Annual election period -- Medicare Advantage twelve-month trial right -- Open enrollment period -- How to choose -- How to compare Medicare Advantage plans -- Medicare Advantage has improved -- Consumers must understand networks -- Surprise medical bills -- Medicare Advantage extras -- Medicare and Medicaid -- Extra help and Medicare Advantage -- Snowbirds -- Foreign travel -- Chapter 6. Medigap -- Medigap enrollment -- Medigap Coverage -- Medigap and Medicare Part A -- Medigap and Medicare Part B -- Premiums -- Advantages of Medigap -- Switching to Medigap -- Switching from Medicare Advantage to Medigap -- Special topics -- The bottom lines -- Chapter 7. Working beyond sixty-five -- People are working longer -- Small employer -- Base case: Medicare is superior -- Large employer -- Employer group plans and the coverage gap ("Donut hole") -- If you decide to cancel -- The bottom line --
Chapter 8. Retiree benefit plans
Retirement from a small employer - Retirement from a large employer
The base case
Medicare retiree and non-medicare spouse
Retiree and medicare-eligible spouse
If your employer cancels retiree health benefits
Employer-sponsored Medicare Advantage
Dental, vision, and other benefits
What employers can do
Conclusions
Chapter 9. Special groups
Veterans Administration (VA)
CHAMPA and TRICARE for life (TFL)
Disabled
Disabled and employer-sponsored plan
ESRD and COBRA or employer-sponsored plan
Federal employee health benefits (FEHB)
State and local government employees
Educators
Unions
Hospital (and other health-care employees)
Small business owners
Professional "associations"
Seriously ill
Conclusions
Chapter 10. The savvy Medicare consumer
Putting it all together isn't easy
Ignore the noise
Dealing with Medicare problems
Professionals, amateurs, and advertisements
Last tips
Experts' addendum
Insurance is an option
Health insurance is different
Options are priced using probability
Everyone is "short" an option
Sources of volatility
Changes to the Medicare system
Comparing apples to apples
Medigap vs. Medicare Advantage revisited
Our national long-term care problem
Insurance-based solutions exist
Long-term care insurance
Life insurance basics
Life insurance and living benefits
Annuity-based solutions
These options are difficult to analyze.
From the Book - 2022-2023 Edition.
Introduction
Medicare is a mystery: It doesn't have to be
Why is Medicare so important?
Why is Medicare so confusing?
How to use this book
Avoid mistake #1
Very brief history of Medicare
Ignoring Medicare noise is difficult
Chapter 1. Enrollment
Medicare eligibility
Signing up for Medicare
Can I delay enrollment in Medicare?
Late enrollment penalties
Medicaid
Conclusions: Thinking ahead is key
Chapter 2. Medicare Part A
Eligibility
If you don't qualify
Part A benefits
Key term: Benefit period
No annual out-of-pocket limit
Chapter 3. Medicare Part B
Premium
Annual deductible
Coinsurance
Part B coverage
Coverage details
Sources of Part B confusion
Canceling Medicare Part B
No annual out-of-pocket limit
Chapter 4. Prescription drug coverage
The basics
Eligibility
Enrollment
Prescription drug plan terms
The standard Part D plan
The complicated calculations involved in Part D
Why people misunderstand the coverage gap
How to choose
Important hints on using the Medicare plan finder
Preferred pharmacies and mail order
Changing plans
Important extras
Chapter 5. Medicare Advantage
The basics
Types of Medicare Advantage plans
Medicare Advantage prescription drug plans
Enrollment
Annual election period
Medicare Advantage twelve-month trial right
Open enrollment period
How to choose - How to compare Medicare Advantage plans
Medicare Advantage has improved
Consumers must understand networks
Surprise medical bills
Medicare Advantage extras
Medicare and Medicaid
Extra help and Medicare Advantage
Extra help and Medicare Advantage
Snowbirds
Foreign travel
Chapter 6. Medigap
Medigap enrollment
Medigap Coverage
Medigap and Medicare Part A
Medigap and Medicare Part B
Premiums
Advantages of Medigap
Switching to Medigap
Switching from Medicare Advantage to Medigap
Special topics
The bottom lines
Chapter 7. Working beyond sixty-five
People are working longer
Small employer
Base case: Medicare is superior
Large employer
Employer group plans and the coverage gap ("Donut hole")
If you decide to cancel
The bottom line
Chapter 8. Retiree benefit plans
Retirement from a small employer - Retirement from a large employer
The base case
Medicare retiree and non-medicare spouse
Retiree and medicare-eligible spouse.
From the Book - Updated 2020-2021 edition.
Introduction
Enrollment
Medicare Part A
Medicare Part B
Prescription drug coverage
Medicare Advantage
Medigap
Working beyond sixty-five
Retiree benefit plans
Special groups
The savvy Medicare consumer
Experts' addendums.
From the Large Print - [Updated] 2020-2021 Large print edition.
Introduction
Chapter 1: Enrollment
Chapter 2: Medicare Part A
Chapter 3: Medicare Part B
Chapter 4: Prescription drug coverage
Chapter 5: Medicare advantage
Chapter 6: Medigap
Chapter 7: Working beyond sixty-five
Chapter 8: Retiree benefit plans
Chapter 9: Special groups
Chapter 10: The savvy Medicare consumer
Experts'addendum.
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9781621538301
9781621538011
9781621537540
162153801
9781432877675
9781621538011
9781621537540
162153801
9781432877675
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