by Toni King | Feb 23, 2013 | Toni Says
Toni: My wife is a retired teacher and we are both on her TRS-Care Plan. I also have retirement benefits from Dow Chemical where I worked for 30+ years. I have just found out that I’ve lost my Dow retiree health benefits because TRS enrolled us in the...
by Toni King | Feb 9, 2013 | Toni Says
Hello Ms. Toni: I am a Vet and have always received my healthcare from the Michael DeBakey VA center. I turned 65 last April 2011 and did not sign up for Part B in Medicare. Now I have a serious heart condition requiring surgery and I would like to go to a heart...
by Toni King | Feb 7, 2013 | Medicare Part D, Toni Says
Hello Toni: I turned 65 in March 2009, I continued to work full time with excellent company benefits, and I decided to delay Part B until December 1, 2012 when I have retired. I enrolled in a Medicare supplement plan F and a Part D prescription drug plan and now...
by Toni King | Jan 31, 2013 | Toni Says
Toni….I have been following your “Toni Says” facebook page and last week you had a chart discussing different myths of Medicare. It seems I am just as confused as those taking the survey. Can you explain the myths on the survey? Thanks, Fred from Sugar Land, TX...
by Toni King | Jan 28, 2013 | Toni Says
Good Morning Ms. Toni: Have been reading your column for over a year and now I need some Medicare help. I am retiring and turning 65 in May. I had a triple bi-pass in September of last year. Last week I talked with the office manager at my...
by Toni King | Jan 10, 2013 | Toni Says
Good News for those on Medicare…but bad news for hospitals: New Years Day Congress averted the dreaded “fiscal cliff” by stopping a 26.5% payment cut to doctors billing Medicare…but hospitals now having to bear a major part of financing for the “doc fix”, are not...
