by Toni King | Dec 26, 2012 | Supplemental Plans, Toni Says
Dear Toni: I recently received the renewal for my Medicare Supplement and the rate increase is not in my budget. It is over 15% and every year it seems to go up, but not as much as this year. I’m a 70 year old female with high blood pressure and type 2...
by Toni King | Dec 8, 2012 | Long-Term Care, Toni Says
Dear Toni: I desperately need your help regarding my husband’s parents who are in their late 80s. My mother-in-law has been very sick for the past 3 years and my father-in-law has been her caretaker. I’ve always heard that the one, who becomes the caretaker, also...
by Toni King | Dec 5, 2012 | Toni Says
Toni: I saw you on Fox 26 and I need some advice. I am a Vet and get my drugs from the VA. I am turning 65 in March 2013 and think it is ridiculous to pay $99.90 for Part B when I get everything for nothing at the VA. I don’t want to have to pay for Part B if I don’t...
by Toni King | Dec 4, 2012 | Toni Says
Toni, Please give me some advice because I am having some financial problems. I am concerned that I will get into the Donut Hole. I only receive about $1,050.00 income from my social security check. The Medicare Part B premium has reduced my SS check by...
by Toni King | Nov 11, 2012 | Original Medicare, Toni Says
Dear Toni, I will be turning 65 on January 23,2013and absolutely don’t know anything about Medicare, how to apply, when to apply where to apply? How to select to what and when?? Which program is good and which one is not? I do have some health problems and am...
by Toni King | Nov 11, 2012 | Social Security, Toni Says
Toni: I have a question regarding Medicare versus Medicaid. It is a question that I have not been able to get an answer to from any resource. I am 58 years old and in April of 2010, I was diagnosed with stage IIIA metastatic breast cancer. I...