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Check Your Medicare Plan To See What Is Covered

Question: Does my Medicare Insurance cover hearing aids, dental procedures, and eye wear? Answer: There are many insurance companies running ads talking about those extra benefits they are offering. This type of coverage depends on the Medicare coverage you have. In most situations, Original Medicare does not cover the cost of hearing aids, glasses and dental work. Original Medicare is a health insurance product, which means that all of your coverage must be based on a medical problem or diagnoses. Medicare covers the cost of an audiological evaluation, including tests of ...

What To Do If Your Premium Is Not What You Expected

Question: What should I do now that I got a bill from CMS and the premium is not what I expected? Answer: Social Security and Medicare have been around a long time. For most people, the Medicare Part B premium comes out of their Social Security check automatically to pay it. When people collect Social Security benefits, Medicare begins automatically and they get their card in the mail. If they decide to keep Medicare part B during this initial auto enrollment, the $144.60 monthly premium comes out of their Social Security benefit. In your situation, you do not collect Social ...

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EDITOR’S NOTE: Groups sending their news releases to The Post-Journal for print must include a publishable contact number, time, date and location of the group’s past and future meetings. ¯ The American Association of Retired People meets at 1:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month, March through December, at Brookdale Lakewood. For more information about the group, call 664-2883. Anyone over the age of 50 is welcome to attend. ¯ CCAFMA (Chautauqua County Amateur FM Association) meets the fourth Monday of every month with the exception of June and December, at the UPMC ...

Older Adults Are Still The Most At Risk

As the Office for Aging Director, I realize how difficult this pandemic has been on older adults more than any other segment of the population. I wish I could tell you that the risk to your health and safety will be over on a particular date, but I can’t. Until there is a vaccine, older adults are still the most at risk population for dying if they catch COVID-19. In New York state, 85% of the 24,133 (or 20,547) deaths are people over the age of 60. Even though the county and the country are slowly opening businesses, it does not eliminate the risk for older adults catching ...

What To Do For Insurance If Your Employer Was From Pa.

Question: What do I do for insurance now that I have retired from work and live in New York, but my employer was in Pennsylvania? Answer: In our area, we have a significant number of people who cross state lines for work. This is a similar situation for working in one county and living in another county. When you age into Medicare, and are not working, your insurance options are determined by where you live. My answer would be the same for someone living in Pennsylvania and working in New York state. I am also making the assumption that your employer did not offer retiree benefits. ...

Senior Living Community Grants Residents’ Quarantine Wishes

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Roland Jones longed for a summer vegetable garden, where he could plant tomatoes and beans and not have to bend over far to tend them. On May 12, Jones got his wish. In the courtyard at Abbotswood at Irving Park, administrators at the senior living community ...