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 MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MINUTE:                                                                 "DENY, DENY, DENY!" BY REJECTING CLAIMS MA PLANS THREATEN RURAL HOSPITALS AND PATIENTS!                                                                

   YOUR MEDICARE BENEFITS 2025:                                                          WALKERS   

Next item is lists of states with the highest percentage and the lowest percentage of new Medicare participants selecting Medicare supplement plans.

On a trip to Hawaii in 2000 I learned that the state is likely to be closed to new insurance companies since the approval committee consists entirely of existing insurance companies.

In correspondence with current clients, we heard from:

     TOM: Noticed a $91 drug plan premium. Since he gets most of his drugs through the VA, he could dodge the IRMAA penalty by dropping his drug plan.

     LM: The husband likes to track his Medicare claim activity on the Medicare supplement company website. A recent glitch has taken down that function and she was hoping to see it return quickly..

The bottom line is that each insurance company has irritating qualities that are difficult to  cope with but impossible to fix.

The episode ended with a rousing Christmas Quiz!                                                                                               

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