Medicare For The Lazy Man Podcast
Lighthearted Medicare advice and opinions from longtime expert Douglas B. Jones, CLU, RHU. Drawn from his book: Medicare for the Lazy Man (an Amazon best seller), Doug's advice provides a simple road map to the best Medicare insurance protection available on the market today!
Episodes
MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MINUTE: MA plans may limit radiation treatment options for cancer; increase the cost & duration of car!
YOUR MEDICARE BENEFITS 2025: Telehealth
Major work has begun on "Medicare for the La...
MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MINUTE: MA plan member satisfaction facing headwinds!
YOUR MEDICARE BENEFITS 2025: TDAP (Tetanus, Diphtheria and Pertussis) shots
Advice from Diane Omdahl: Review your drug plan in case the government plan finder "glitches".
Correspondence:
Peter wants to know whether he should...
MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MINUTE: Are Medicare Advantage's glory days over? Some think so!
YOUR MEDICARE BENEFITS 2025: Swing bed services
How about some obesity drugs? Thanks to Trump, Medicare will cover weight loss medications for the first time in history. ...
MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MINUTE: Informed consent: The key to preventing big Medicare Advantage mistakes!
YOUR MEDICARE BENEFITS 2025: Surgical Dressings
Enjoy some correspondence from clients or wannabe clients:
Ken & Mrs. Ken sent their heartfelt thanks for the help with various insurance products, inclu...
MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MINUTE:
New United Healthcare CFO plans to restore the company's "swager"!
YOUR MEDICARE BENEFITS 2025:
Surgery
Lipitor (Atorvastatin) has endured a very large recall that may affect hundreds of thousands of users; There might be a pattern of lapses in drugs manufactured overseas.
Finally, I examine the very small rate increases enjoyed by those insured by High Deductible Plan G.
Inspired by:
"MEDICARE ...
MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MINUTE: MA enrollees have access to only about half of the physicians that would be available to traditional Medicare participants (those in Original Medicare with a Medicare supplement)
YOUR MEDICARE BENEFITS 2025: ...
Correction: Its "Medicare for the Lazy Man; BARE BONES" (not BIG BONES)!
MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MINUTE: MA premiums drop in 2026; Here's how hidden costs could still hit your wallet!
YOUR MEDICARE BENEFITS 2025: Speech-langu...
Medicare Advantage Minute: Major Insurers Scale Back MA and Part D Drug Plans for 2026.
YOUR MEDICARE BENEFITS 2025: Social Determinants of Health Risk Assessment
Ten year Medicare supplement ...
Medicare Advantage Minute: House Democrats Introduce Legislation to Stop Prior Authorization Pilot!
Your Medicare Benefits 2025: Sleep Studies
How the government shutdown affects Medicare! (Spo...
Medicare Advantage Minute:
United Healthcare Projects A 1,000,000 Member Drop in Medicare Advantage Enrollment
Your Medicare Benefits 2025: Skilled Nursing Facility Care
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Medicare Advantage Minute: Want to watch a highly entertaining documentary about a type of Medicare insurance to be avoided like the plague? Type this into the YouTube search window:
"Medicare Advantage: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver"
Your Medica...
Medicare Advantage Minute: Medicare users could soon lose perks they love, like choosing their own doctors!
Your Medicare Benefits 2025: Shingles Shots
We review recent rate i...
Medicare Advantage Minute: Mayo Clinic warns that it won't take most Advantage plans (in Phoenix, AZ and Jacksonville, FL).
Your Medicare Benefits 2025: Sexually Transmitted Infection Screenings
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Medicare Advantage Minute: An article by Medicare Advantage plan boss Sachin H. Jain lays out the top 5 reasons for turmoil in the MA markets.
Your Medicare Benefits 2025: Second Surgical O...
Medicare Advantage Minute: Four Things to Know About the Medicare Prior Authorization Pilot Program. The existence of this experiment just might be the first step down a very slippery slope!
Your Medicare Benefits 2025: ...
Medicare Advantage Minute: Stop the Health Insurers' Raid on the Treasury!
Your Medicare Benefits 2025: Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Shot
Stalker Suz...
For the first time in history another Medicare expert joins us (via ZOOM) to shed some light on a complicated Medicare problem: How to select the best available prescription drug plan without having to deal with any annoying insurance agents!
We welcome Melinda Caughill from HeyMOE.com to explain their brand new service.
MOE stands for "Medicare ...
Medicare Advantage Minute: 33 Health Systems are Dropping Medicare Advantage Plans! Why might this be? Cited reasons include prior authorization problems and slow payments!
Your Medicare Benefits 2025: ...
For the first time in history another Medicare expert joins us (via ZOOM) to shed some light on a complicated Medicare problem: How to select the best available prescription drug plan without having to deal with any annoying insurance agents!
We welcome Melinda Caughill from HeyMOE.com to explain their brand new service.
MOE stands for "Medicare ...
Medicare Advantage Minute: The government will allow plan changes due to inaccurate Medicare Advantage network directory listings.
Your Medicare Benefits 2025: Radiation therapy
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