CNN & HEADLINE NEWS TALKS TO KARYN BLAKE AT MY PART D USA ABOUT GENERAL MOTORS, EASTMAN-KODAK, CONOCO-PHILLIPS, HEWLETT-PACKARD, VAUGHT AIRCRAFT, WHIRLPOOL-MAYTAG, ALCATEL-LUCENT, AMERICAN AIRLINES, LEHMAN BROTHERS, BORG-WARNER, VISTEON, AMERICAN COAL, NORTHWEST AIRLINES
WELL, I FINALLY GOT MY 15 MINUTES OF FAME, AS THEY CALL IT, OR RATHER 20 SECONDS. WE WERE ON CNN AND HEADLINE NEWS 3 TIMES OVER LAST WEEKEND. IT WAS EXCITING AS WE HAVE NEVER MADE NATIONAL NEWS BEFORE.
THE PIECE WAS ABOUT THE PRESIDENT OF THE LARGEST GROUP OF GENERAL MOTORS RETIREES, JACK DICKINSON, AND HOW HE IS HELPING THE OTHER RETIREES GET GOOD INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR TRANSITION TO MEDICARE. HE ASKED ME TO WRITE A BLOG ABOUT MEDICARE ON HIS WEBSITE, WWW.OVERTHEHILLCARPEOPLE.COM. IF YOU HAVE TIME, CHECK OUT THIS WEBSITE FOR SOME INSIDE SCOOP ABOUT THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, MANY OF THE FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES ARE CANCELING THEIR RETIREES’ DRUG AND HEALTHCARE COVERAGE. WE ARE HAVING MANY OF THESE RETIREES COMING TO THE WEBSITE AND CALLING US TO GET HELP.
IF YOU DID NOT GET TO SEE US ON CNN, WE HAVE PUT UP A VERY SHORT FEED OF THE BROADCAST ON WWW.MYPARTDUSA.COM blades of glory movie YOU CAN CLICK ON THIS AND SEE THE STORY ABOUT GENERAL MOTORS AND HOW WE ARE HELPING THEM GET TRANSITIONED OVER TO MEDICARE BENEFITS.
IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE THAT IS DEALING WITH THIS KIND OF SITUATION, TELL THEM ABOUT THIS BLOG. EVERYONE KNOWS THAT MEDICARE IS MORE CONFUSING AND OVERWHELMING THAN ANY OTHER TIME IN HISTORY, AND IF YOU DON’T MAKE GOOD DECISIONS ABOUT YOUR COVERAGE WHEN YOU FIRST JOIN MEDICARE, YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO “UNDO” THE DAMAGE.
IT IS AMAZING TO ME THAT PEOPLE GET SUCH “BAD INFO” FROM SOME SALESPERSONS. JUST LAST WEEK ONE OF OUR READERS GOT HOODWINKED BY A SALESPERSON INTO JOINING A MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PLAN
. THE SALESMAN TOLD THEM THAT THEY WERE GOING TO SAVE $600 A YEAR IN PREMIUMS. COME TO FIND OUT, THIS 86 YEAR OLD MAN WITH HEART PROBLEMS WENT TO HIS DOCTOR AND HOSPITAL AND FOUND OUT THEY WOULD NOT ACCEPT THE TERMS OF PAYMENT FROM THIS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PLAN, AND ALSO THAT THE BUILT IN PDP OR PRESCRIPTION DRUG PLAN DID NOT COVER ALL OF HIS MEDICATIONS. HE CALLED US AND WE HELPED HIM GET BACK ON HIS TRADITIONAL MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT AND STAND ALONE DRUG PLAN
THAT DID INDEED COVER ALL HIS MEDICATIONS. FOLKS, PLEASE BEWARE AND READ MY OTHER BLOGS ABOUT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PLANS BEFORE YOU JOIN ONE, NO MATTER HOW GOOD THE SALESMAN MAKES IT SOUND!!!
AS I HAVE TOLD YOU BEFORE, IF YOU ARE JUST GETTING ONTO MEDICARE, YOU NEED TO GET A TRADITIONAL MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT TO PAY THE 20% THAT ORIGINAL MEDICARE DOES NOT COVER IN THEIR 80%. IF YOU JOIN A MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PLAN FIRST, YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO EVER GET A MEDIGAP PLAN BECAUSE YOU WILL THEN HAVE TO GO THROUGH HEALTH QUESTIONS AND UNDERWRITING. IF YOU JOIN A MEDIGAP/MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT FIRST, AND THEN DECIDE TO “TRY” A MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PLAN, YOU HAVE A 12 MONTH PERIOD WHERE IF YOU DECIDE YOU REALLY DON’T LIKE THE ADVANTAGE PLAN YOU WILL NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH UNDERWRITING TO GET BACK ON THE BEST COVERAGE, WHICH IS THE MEDIGAP PLAN. THE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PLAN WILL NOT TELL YOU THIS!!!!!
THEN YOU NEED TO GET A STAND ALONE PART D PLAN. PLEASE READ MY OTHER BLOGS ABOUT HOW TO MAXIMIZE YOUR PART D PLANS, AND HOW TO CHOOSE THE BEST ONE. YOU MUST GET A COMPARISON BASED ON YOUR INDIVIDUAL MEDICATIONS.
LET ME KNOW IF THESE BLOGS HELP YOU! IF ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS OR SUGGESTIONS, OR A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE TO HELP OTHERS, PLEASE WRITE TO ME AND I WILL PUT IT UP ON THIS BLOG.
