I Need Help Affording My Prescriptions!!
Toni: A few months ago, you wrote about how to stay out of or not get into the “Donut Hole” so quick. I have cancer and the cost of drugs associated with my cancer is eating my lunch. Can you please give me some tips on what to do or where I can go to...
Does Medicare Call Your House?? Or is this Medicare Fraud??
Hello Toni: I have a problem and I need your help. I am a 79 year old female who lives alone in Meyerland. Yesterday, a representative from Medicare called me asking all types of personal questions. I told them, I did not give personal information over the...
Confused about Mom Losing Her Medicaid!!
Hi Toni: Maybe you can answer this for my mother who is 84 years old and HAD!!! Medicaid QMB. In June, she lost her Medicaid QMB benefits because she was only $2.00 over the $931allowable amount. Now she has SLMB which only helps with prescriptions,...
What is Traditional Medicare?
Good Morning Ms. Toni: Have been reading your column for over a year and now I need some Medicare help. I am retired and turning 65 in October. I had a triple bi-pass in April of this year. Last week I talked with the office manager at my cardiologist’s office...
Myth or Fact…How Obamacare Affects Medicare?
Thank You Examiner/Sun HCN Newspapers: About a month ago, Joe a confused Memorial Examiner reader contacted me about losing his Medicare Part D with a complete bogus claim from CMS (Medicare) about being reinstated, which was denied. The Regional VI...
Turning 65 and Self Employed…Do I Have to Enroll in Part B?
Hello Toni: I need your help about enrolling in Part B or delaying it. I am self-employed with no employees, turning 65 with an individual Blue Cross/Blue Shield health plan that covers me and my wife. I’ve been told by friends that since I am still...
Why Did I Lose My Medicare Part D?
Hello Toni: I have a very different Medicare problem than what you usually write about and I hope you can give me some well needed guidance. On May 15th, I received a delinquent notice from Medicare which was dated April 27th, about my Medicare premium that I pay...
What is Medicare’s 3 Day Skilled Nursing Rule!!
Toni, There was an article in the Rancher a couple of weeks ago that addressed the length of time you had to spend at a hospital before Medicare would pay for a rehabilitation hospital. I can’t remember the number of days you have to spend in the hospital....
Can I Change My Medicare Advantage Plan Now?
Toni: I have been on Medicare for almost 2 years; I need to change the Medicare Advantage Company I am in because 2 doctors I see are no longer accepting or part of my Medicare Advantage plan. Do I have to wait until a certain month of the year or can I...
Doctors Accepting Medicare Get a BREAK!!!
Good News for those on Medicare: On Friday, February 17, 2012, Congress approved the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012(H.R. 3630). Not only did this bill help people’s pay checks or whatever the news media was reporting…but the bill also saved the...
Toni Gets Advice on Husband’s Knee Surgery!!
Hi Toni, I saw your paragraph in “The Rancher” about your husband’s knee replacement. My experience is with my Dad and he likely had a lot different circumstances, but I can share this with you. He was 80 when he had the surgery; it was the first time he...
NEW TO MEDICARE!! WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS
Good Day Toni: I am turning 65 in August and need helping deciding the best way to get my Medicare, if it should be “Original Medicare” or a Medicare Advantage Plan. How do I know what is best for me? Louis from Missouri City. Oh Louis: I...
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