by Toni King | Aug 30, 2017 | Enrolling in Medicare, Events, Medicare, Original Medicare, retirement, Social Security, Supplemental Plans, Toni Says
Toni: My Medicare begins September 1st and I have received my first bill which is $536. 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 Medicare consultation. Am I being...
by Toni King | May 23, 2017 | Enrolling in Medicare, Medicare, Medicare Advantage Plans, Medicare Part D, Social Security, Toni Says
[vifblike] Hi Toni, I follow your column and clip them for future reference. I am now approaching 65 in August. I need to enroll in Medicare and learn the plan differences between Medicare and an Advantage Program I am considering. I understand I can sign up at Social...
by Toni King | Apr 23, 2017 | Enrolling in Medicare, Medicare, Social Security, Toni Says
[vifblike] Toni: Thank you so much for taking my phone call this morning. My husband and I signed up in December 2016 for Medicare Part B with the understanding that once I retired I had 60 days to obtain supplemental insurance. I just happened on your Medicare...
by Toni King | Feb 26, 2017 | Social Security, Toni Says
Toni: Now that I’ve been laid off, the Toni Says Medicare/Social Security column was given to me to begin understanding what my retirement options are. I’ve filed for unemployment and it will not even begin to pay my monthly bills. I’ve been told I can begin...
by Toni King | Nov 4, 2016 | Enrolling in Medicare, Medicare, Medicare Advantage Plans, Social Security, Toni Says
Medicare’s… Enrollment Check-List!! Hello Toni: My husband, David, has been laid off because of what is happening to oil companies in the Houston area. He is 68 and has never enrolled in Medicare, but I am turning 65 in November. We both are covered under his...
by Toni King | Apr 21, 2016 | Social Security
Qualifying for your Divorced Spouse’s Social Security Benefits Hello Toni: Can you explain how the new rules effect one receiving Social Security benefits from a divorced spouse after the April 29th deadline? Now that the kids have grown, I am not receiving child or...