Does Medicare Cover Dental or Vision?
Dental and Vision with Medicare
Lots of people want to know if Medicare covers dental work or vision care. After all, these medical services can be very expensive too, and no less in aging people. But while some Medicare Advantage plans may have some dental coverage, most of these services are not covered by Medicare. Retirees may also have these benefits covered through their job’s retirement plan.
Medicare Dental
Here is what Medicare.gov has to say about Dental care under Medicare.
Health Reform and Health Insurance Uninsurables (Declines)
How does US Health Reform Help Uninsurables?
Not much is getting more press attention than the curren debate over health reform. But, in my opinion, one big problem that needs to be addressed is covering people with pre-existing conditions that are getting declined for health insurance today. How does the current health reform bill help these people?
People can get declined by private insurers for a large variety of reasons. These could range from mental health issues to high blood pressure readings. They could also be more serious. Of course, no insurer wants to pick up a patient who is already undergoing chemotherapy at $12k a day. But where do these people turn? It seems like most of us agree that our government should be the ultimate safety net, and how is health reform meeting that?
Categories: Health Insurance Tags: declines, hearlth reform, high risk health insurance, uninsurables
Medicare at 55 – The Latest Health Reform Rewind
Is a Lower Medicare Age Limit a Good Idea for Health Reform
I feel like a cartoon character today. You know, the type who sputter expetives like $#&! and stomps around. Why? Well, I am really disappointed that we are close to losing the health reform public option even though a majority of Americans say they favor it.
People, this is not about free health isurance. This is about having any access to health care at all for many people. Lots of Americans would be happy to pay a premium if they could get accepted. But they cannot get accepted because they have a health condition which cause insurers to decline them.
Categories: Health Insurance Tags: health reform, Medicare, public option
COBRA Subsidy Over? Millions May Lose Health Insurance!
Will Millions More Americans be Without Health Insurance Now?
Well, here’s another financial crisis to follow the first one. Millions of Americans lost their jobs with the largest unemployment spike in most of our adult lives. Lots of those people lost their health benefits too, but some where able to take advantage of a $25 billion dollar COBRA subsidy which defrayed 65% of the costs of the federal medical plan extension. But that plan is due to expire, and millions more may face the loss of medical benefits.
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Categories: Health Insurance Tags: cobra, Health Insurance
