Advance directives & long-term care

Advance directives & long-term care

Advance directives explain how you want medical decisions to be made when you’re too ill to speak for yourself.  Types of advance directives  A health care proxy is a document that names someone you trust to make health decisions if you can’t. This is also called…

 What’s Medicare Supplement Insurance (Medigap)?

What’s Medicare Supplement Insurance (Medigap)?

Medigap is Medicare Supplement Insurance that helps fill “gaps” in  Original Medicare and is sold by private companies. Original Medicare pays for much, but not all, of the cost for covered health care services and supplies. A Medicare Supplement Insurance (Medigap) policy can help…

 Retiree insurance

Retiree insurance

If you’re retired and have Medicare and group health plan (retiree) coverage from a former employer, generally Medicare pays first for your health care bills, and your group health plan coverage pays second.

 What is Medicare?

What is Medicare?

Medicare is health insurance for people 65 or older. You’re first eligible to sign up for Medicare 3 months before you turn 65. You may be eligible to get Medicare earlier if you have a disability, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD),…