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Medicare Plans That Cover Overseas Trips

Senior News

Question: I am traveling to Europe this summer. How will my Medicare insurance cover me? Answer: As with most questions I get, my answer is: it depends! So, let’s run down a couple of common situations. When you are using your Original Medicare Part A & B with a Medicare Supplement you have very comprehensive insurance wherever you go within the USA and our Territories. You don’t need to think about networks and finding participating providers. That makes travel within the USA very easy. When thinking of travel outside the USA, Original Medicare Part A & B do NOT cover you. ...

Experiencing The Golden Hour

Nature

Watches are used to keep track of time, making sure we get to appointments when needed and help us make sense of our day. However, you do not need a watch or a clock to experience a timeframe commonly known as “golden hour.” Happening twice a day at sunrise and sunset, this is 60 ...

Answering Questions About Medicare Coverage

Senior News

Question: I turned 65 earlier this year and enrolled in Medicare and an additional Medicare Advantage Plan. When do I change my coverage again, when I turn 66 or is there another time? Answer: Congratulations on making it through your Initial Open Enrollment Period (IEP) when you turned 65. That process can be overwhelming. Getting Medicare Part A & B started, and then reviewing all the possible plans in addition to that… It can be quite a process!! Now you are in the same calendar year timeframe of all 67 million Americans with Medicare! That window includes an Annual Enrollment ...

Fifty-Plus Years On Chautauqua Lake

Nature

My parents started vacationing with my brother and me on Chautauqua Lake when I was four years old. At age ten, I began piloting a small boat to fish. We vacationed at Point Chautauqua each summer where we fished the rocky bottoms along Point Chautauqua to the Vikings Club for smallmouth bass ...

Fall Is Best Time To Look For Plans

Senior News

Question: I turned 65 earlier this year and enrolled in Medicare and an additional Medicare Advantage Plan. When do I change my coverage again, when I turn 66 or is there another time? Answer: Congratulations on making it through your Initial Open Enrollment Period (IEP) when you turned 65. That process can be overwhelming. Getting Medicare Part A & B started, and then reviewing all the possible plans in addition to that… It can be quite a process!! Now you are in the same calendar year timeframe of all 67 million Americans with Medicare! That window includes ...

Bugs Are Sure To light Up Night

Nature

It’s the last day of June and I’m standing under the overhang on my back deck protected from the last drips of a rainstorm. It’s past nine o’clock but not quite dark yet. But the yard is starting to light up, one or two flashes at a time. It’s lightning bug season. These flashing, ...