Toni:             This year, my mother got into the “donut hole” in September. It has financially devastated her and she almost stopped taking her prescriptions.  She can afford her co pays of $80.00 per month, but it shows on her statement that the true prescription...

Dear Toni:             I am a disabled Viet Nam Vet and am finally turning 65 this March.  I am just completely confused and really not sure with what I should do.  I use Michael DeBakey VA Center for all of my Doctor visits and prescriptions.  I have talked with a...

Dear Toni, Ten days ago, I placed my mother who has Medicare in a "re-hab facility" for approximately three weeks, thinking that her post-hospital therapy would go better there than it would here at home….WRONG….I enrolled my poor mother into The Halls of H*ll, and...

Enrolling in Medicare can be very confusing! Most people think that when they turn 65, a magical switch is turned on and poof you are on Medicare! Medicare changed the rules during the Clinton administration, when Social Security extended the time for receiving 100%...