In today’s MA Minute, we hear about the downside of managed care. That is the part where insurance company accountants manage your care rather than you or your doctors!

There is power in those green eyeshades!

In “Your Medicare Benefits 2024” we learn about blood, or rather how Medicare will pay for procedures involving blood.

Finally, the Social Security Administration is in charge of signing people up for Medicare. In some places, it doesn’t seem too interested in doing its job!

One soon-to-be client had to call his senator in order to shake loose some action on his application. Another found out they lost his original application, found it, mishandled it and eventually, maybe accidentally, managed to get it together just in time.

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Douglas B. Jones Author: Medicare for the Lazy Man

Doug Jones burst forth from Oklahoma like a prairie tornado, born of an Omaha Beach victor and the shortest-serving Miss Oklahoma in history. He was such an accomplished student that nine years of undergrad studies eventually earned him a BA degree from the University of Arizona.
Having been branded at birth with the John Hancock Signature, he became the third generation of a life insurance dynasty founded in 1920. Eventually, a genuine dedication to health insurance conferred black sheep status, causing him to strike out on his own.
Decades later, friends began to pester him about Medicare, angling for free advice. After a period of deep contemplation and reflection, Doug arrived at conclusions and formed some opinions that place him squarely at odds with many other Medicare experts.
Thus was born Medicare for the Lazy Man!