MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MINUTE: GOVERNMENT PLANS AGGRESSIVE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AUDITS!

NYC employee health insurance fund is mysteriously insolvent! You don't think there has been any fraudulent activity there, do you?

One of my favorite client/listeners shared a list of 15 health systems that are dropping some or all Medicare Advantage plans.

Tax breaks coming to Medicare premiums? Rand Paul has proposed that the USA establish HSA for all!

Finally, I located a cartoon nurse spewing a big fat lie. She spews: Until 1973, all health insurance companies were non-profit. Evil Republicans changed the law!*

* The word "evil" is just my little joke. Whoever wrote that lying caption needs to take a chill-pill!

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"MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2026; SIMPLEST & EASIEST GUIDE EVER!"

"MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE"

"MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN: ENROLLMENT GUIDE!" (coming soon)

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MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MINUTE: UHC UNDER CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION FOR ALLEGED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE FRAUD - WSJ

Randy's Choice led to Medicare Part D Drug Plans: a completely unsatisfying article with a big flaw.

We wrap the episode with a pithy George Harrison story.

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"MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2026; SIMPLEST & EASIEST GUIDE EVER!"

"MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE"

"MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN: ENROLLMENT GUIDE!" (coming soon)

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MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MINUTE: CHART REVIEWA INCREASE PAYMENTS TO MA INSURERS FOR 1 in 6 ENROLLEES

12 FAQs ABOUT MEDICARE: YOUR MEDICARE QUESTIONS ANSWERED....BY ME!

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Inspired by:

"MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2026; SIMPLEST & EASIEST GUIDE EVER!"

"MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE"

"MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN: ENROLLMENT GUIDE!" (coming soon)

For sale on Amazon.com. After enjoying the books, please consider returning to leave a short customer review to help future readers.

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MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MINUTE: THE FUTURE FOR(?) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE! Includes a hint that funding for SHIP may be on the bubble in 2026!

Eleven costly Medicare Mistakes you should avoid!

These include The Drug plan selection problems, HSA precautions and MA vs Medicare Supplement differences.

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Inspired by:

"MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2026; SIMPLEST & EASIEST GUIDE EVER!"

"MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE"

"MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN: BARE BONES!"

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MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MINUTE: MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OR ORIGINAL MEDICARE: WHICH SHOULD YOU TRUST YOUR HEALTH TO?

News items: Older Americans quit weight-loss drugs in droves!

Weight-loss pill approved by FDA! This episode ended with our final Christmas Quiz of the season.

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Inspired by:

"MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2026; SIMPLEST & EASIEST GUIDE EVER!"

"MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE"

"MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN: BARE BONES!"

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MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MINUTE: PHYSICIANS SAY THAT PRIOR AUTHORIZATION STANDS IN THE WAY OF MEDICALLY NECESSARY CARE!

YOUR MEDICARE BENEFITS 2025: THE FINAL ENTRY: X-RAYS

We receive correspondence from "Lazy Man Steve" who is wondering what he ought to do, if anything, about his Medicare supplement and Part D drug plan as the new year approaches.

We wrapped the episode with a another rousing Christmas Quiz!

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Inspired by:

"MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; SIMPLEST & EASIEST GUIDE EVER!"

"MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE"

"MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN: BARE BONES!"

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MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MINUTE: HOSPITALS ARE DROPPING MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PLANSLEFT AND RIGHT!

YOUR MEDICARE BENEFITS 2025: WHEELCHAIRS AND SCOOTERS

Tragedy struck the Content Curator: Her Part D drug plan was hijacked by an unscrupulous scoundrel who enrolled her in a Medicare Advantage plan. The goal? Over $600 in ill-gotten sales commissions.

Many Medicare participants and eligibles are being hounded by telemarketers. Some are receiving 50 to 60 phone calls per day and many of those calls can result in fraudulent activity.

Finally, another Christmas quiz closes out the episode.

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Inspired by:

"MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2026; SIMPLEST & EASIEST GUIDE EVER!"

"MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE"

"MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN: BARE BONES!"

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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!

Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com

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Inspired by:

"MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2026; SIMPLEST & EASIEST GUIDE EVER!"

"MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE"

"MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN: BARE BONES!"

For sale on Amazon.com. After enjoying the books, please consider returning to leave a short customer review to help future readers.

Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.