Baby Boomers love annuities, Fixed Indexed Annuities World War II ended in 1945 and with it, home came millions of soldiers, sailors, and marines. Eager for a new life, these returning GIs married, bought homes and started families. I am a member of that generation, now known as the Baby Boomers. The Baby Boomer generation [...]
Two things have happened that cause great concern for our future medical care. Both costs and health care are in peril. With the advent of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the amount of medical cost reimbursements paid to providers by Medicare has been reduced. In other words, less from Medicare, more out of pocket for [...]
What was meant as the savior of the uninsured and those who cannot afford health insurance, ACA, is in trouble. The trouble is not finding folks who need and want the insurance, it is finding health care providers who will accept the insurance for medical services. A good friend of mine was in need of [...]
Recently, updates on the actual cost of the Affordable Care Act has disclosed severe issues that could cost the American taxpayer billions. The report has gone on to include that actual cost in both Medicare expense and user expenses unexpectedly have increased. What went wrong? We had predicted that insurance rates would rise based on [...]
The Baby Boomers are overpowering the health care system For over 100 years the discussion of a national health care system in America has been both a hot and cold discussion. As president, Theodore Roosevelt first suggested the idea of a health care system that would be available for all Americans. In fact, as [...]
Physicians are taking the brunt of lowered medical costs reimbursements Increasingly, medical providers are deciding not to handle Medicare patients any longer; instead, they are offering services to those over age 65 with their actual cost of services being billed. The Medicare enrollee has no viable option of asking Medicare for reimbursement and is faced [...]
