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Shifting from Your ACA Marketplace to Medicare
By: Chris Grimmond • On: June 24, 2015
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has brought many questions to business owners and individuals alike. What plan is the best? What kind of healthcare will you qualify for? Will you get to keep your same doctors? For those who are retired or close to retirement, the subject can be even more complicated. When you retire […]
By: Chris Grimmond • On: June 15, 2015
When I was 23, I fell down a mountain while jobbing in Mexico. It was my 2nd trip. My tumble resulted in some serious scrapes and cuts. The nurse at the school I was studying strongly suggested that I get a tetanus shot since I couldn’t remember the last time I had had one. I […]
By: Chris Grimmond • On: June 7, 2015
Sheep get sheared. They follow the other sheep into the pen, down the shoot, then in to the hands of the shearer and are fleeced. The ram is a alert. He doesn’t go with the flow he leads the way and butts heads when he is force to go where he doesn’t want to go. How […]
By: Chris Grimmond • On: May 30, 2015
The question that I am constantly asked during the course of a consultation on Medicare is ‘which is the best plan?’ My answer to the question of the best Medicare supplement is always the same. It all depends. Each person is different. Needs are different. Perception of reality is different. If you ask my wife, […]
What Are the Most Common Medicare Mistakes People Make?
By: Chris Grimmond • On: May 29, 2015
Medicare can be a confusing topic to navigate, especially for those who have not had any experience with it yet. From wondering what ACA implications have to do with Medicare, if anything, to learning the different components of Medicare coverage, it’s easy to make mistakes. Unfortunately, Medicare mistakes can be very costly and time consuming! […]
By: Chris Grimmond • On: May 25, 2015
Would you be interested in a service that you must absolutely have? As a matter-of-fact, almost everyone has it. It’s not free. You will have to pay, but let’s say you could get the same thing for 400% less than what most people pay. Would you be interested in a bargain like that? Most people […]
Does Medicare Cover Cancer Treatment?
By: Chris Grimmond • On: May 17, 2015
Does Medicare Cover Cancer Treatment After Age 76 My mother had her routine physical in Nov of 2011. There were many tests. One test came back positive for cancer. We were stunned. She had no symptoms. Everything was fine, we thought. As the doctors performed more tests, they determined my mother had stage four ovarian […]
Medicare Part B, Or Not Part B
By: Chris Grimmond • On: May 12, 2015
I talk to lots of people about Medicare. One gentleman told me about his $1,258.80 mistake. He signed up for Social Security and Medicare at sixty-five because he thought he had to. Started receiving Social Security. Got his Medicare Part A and Part B card. Started paying his $104.90 for Part B. At the end […]
By: Chris Grimmond • On: May 7, 2015
Most people show up at the steps of Medicare without any idea about how to buy Medigap insurance. If they have health insurance company A at their work, they call up health insurance company A and buy their Medigap insurance from company A. They don’t shop, and most pay more without getting more. Amateur Or […]
By: Chris Grimmond • On: May 3, 2015
My father was a Korean War veteran. He served on a tin can-minesweeper along the Korean coast. The last 3 months of his life he spent in a VA Hospital. My brothers and I and our family’s kept vigil. I was sleeping next to his bed the morning he passed. After we grieved, the nurses prepared […]
