Losing Retirement Benefits…Help!!!
Hello Toni, In May, my retiree benefits will be changing, and my husband and I will no longer be covered because we both will be 65. I am afraid that my husband and I will not be medically taken care of since we were forced to make this change and enroll in the...
Turn 65 April 30th Didn’t Enrolled in Medicare
Toni: My husband’s employer group health plan now has a $2500 deductible and the premium is over $600 for me. The HR manager confided to Carl that Medicare may be a less expensive option for us since I turn 65 on April 30th and gave him a Toni Says® newspaper article...
Not Taking Social Security… How Do I Pay My Part B Premium?
Toni: My Medicare begins April 1st and I have received my first bill which is $536 and the premium is due by April 25th.. I do not see this Medicare cost anywhere on the Medicare site or in any information I received when I came into the Toni Says office for my...
Rumor is…Medicare Pays for A Gym Membership?
Toni, Two of my neighbors told my wife that they get free gym membership through Medicare. Any truth to that, as I never heard about this before? Regards, John Houston, TX Hi there…John: John, the answer is NO! Medicare Parts A and B do not provide a gym...
When to Start Your Social Security Check?
Toni: I’ve recently been laid off and have filed for unemployment which will not even begin to pay my monthly bills. I’ve been told I can begin receiving a Social Security check to help fill this gap because I am 63. I thought I had to wait il 66 to begin Social...
Retiring…What is OneExchange?
Hi, Toni: I am employed by Baker Hughes, looking to retire either later this year or early next year. I have a Retiree Medical Account, and the money in it will be moved to One Exchange for them to administer the funds. I am having a difficult time looking online as...
Yes America…You’re Getting a New Medicare Card!
Toni: I have been receiving mail and phone calls about a new Medicare card that is being issued for those on Medicare. I’m getting a little concerned because neither my wife or I have received the new card. My wife went to her cardiologist and there was a sign saying...
Mom…Didn’t Enroll in Part D…Help!
Dear Toni: I have been told that Medicare does not cover drugs when you are in an emergency room? My mother went in the hospital from the ER for 2 days and because it was considered “under observation, we are now fighting the hospital because they say her drugs were...
Why Is My 2018 Social Security Check Only Increased by $2?
Toni: In November, you wrote that there was not an increase in the 2018 Part B premium. I have not seen an increase in the last 2 years, and $109 Part B premium has been deducted from my Social Security check. Recently I received from Social Security what my 2018...
Did Medicare Call Mom Or Was This Fraud?
Hello Toni: Yesterday, a representative from Medicare called my mother asking all types of personal questions to register her for the new Medicare card which is coming in mid-2018. I just happened to be at her house and was able to take the call. I told them that she...
AS A RETIRED TEXAS TEACHER … I AM LIVID!!
Dear Toni, As a retired Texas teacher .... I decided to stay on my husband's insurance some 25 years ago when I retired. Fine, TRS said I would never be able to join again. So, I stayed with the TRS Care 2 Aetna group plan to remain on Original Medicare and use my...
Myth or Fact…I’m Losing My Retiree Insurance
Hello Toni, I am a TRS retiree and you are aware that my TRS Aetna Retiree plan was cancelled. I am concerned that my husband and I are not going to be taken care of medically since we are forced to change to the new TRS Medicare Advantage plan. I have heard from...
E-Newsletter
