Get What's Yours for Medicare by Philip Moeller

Get What's Yours for Medicare by Philip Moeller

A coauthor of the New York Times bestselling guide to Social Security Get What s Yours authors an essential companion to explain Medicare, the nation s other major benefit for older Americans. Learn how to maximize your health coverage and save money.
Social Security provides the bulk of most retirees income and Medicare guarantees them affordable health insurance. But few people know what Medicare covers and what it doesn t, what it costs, and when to sign up. Nor do they understand which parts of Medicare are provided by the government and how these work with private insurance plans Medicare Advantage, drug insurance, and Medicare supplement insurance.
Do you understand Medicare s parts A, B, C, D? Which Part D drug plan is right and how do you decide? Which is better, Medigap or Medicare Advantage? What do you do if Medicare denies payment for a procedure that your doctor says you need? How do you navigate the appeals process for denied claims? If you re still working or have a retiree health plan, how do those benefits work with Medicare? Do you know about the annual enrollment period for Medicare, or about lifetime penalties for late enrollment, or any number of other key Medicare rules?
Health costs are the biggest unknown expense for older Americans, who are turning sixty-five at the rate of 10,000 a day. Understanding and navigating Medicare is the best way to save health care dollars and use them wisely. In Get What s Yours for Medicare, retirement expert Philip Moeller explains how to understand all these important choices and make the right decisions for your health and wealth now and for the future.

Moeller, Philip: - Veteran journalist Philip Moeller has won a Gerald Loeb award for distinguished business and financial journalism. He coauthored the New York Times bestseller Get What's Yours: The Secrets to Maxing Out Your Social Security and is the author of the companion volumes, Get What's Yours for Medicare: Maximizing Your Coverage, Minimizing Your Costs and Get What's Yours for Health Care: How to Get the Best Care at the Right Price. He wrote the Ask Phil feature for PBS NewsHour and has also worked for Money and US News & Report as well as several newspapers.

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ISBN 13	9781501124006
ISBN 10	1501124005
Title	Get What's Yours for Medicare
Author	Philip Moeller
Series	Get What's Yours
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
Year published	2016-10-04
Number of pages	304
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