by Toni King | Mar 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
Toni: I’ve recently been laid off and have filed for unemployment which will not even begin to pay my monthly bills. I’ve been told I can begin receiving a Social Security check to help fill this gap because I am 63. I thought I had to wait il 66 to begin Social...
by Toni King | Jan 3, 2018 | Uncategorized
Toni: In November, you wrote that there was not an increase in the 2018 Part B premium. I have not seen an increase in the last 2 years, and $109 Part B premium has been deducted from my Social Security check. Recently I received from Social Security what my 2018...
by Toni King | Dec 13, 2017 | Uncategorized
Dear Toni, As a retired Texas teacher …. I decided to stay on my husband’s insurance some 25 years ago when I retired. Fine, TRS said I would never be able to join again. So, I stayed with the TRS Care 2 Aetna group plan to remain on Original Medicare and...
by Toni King | Nov 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
Toni: I have been studying the difference between Original Medicare’s Plan F and Medicare’s Part C or even D. What is with all the different plans, parts or letters? Can you explain these simple terms because I can understand what is going on?...
by Toni King | Aug 30, 2017 | Uncategorized
Hi Toni: I am 64 and will be 65 in early September. I plan to stop working at the end of September 2017. The Social Security office is confusing me regarding enrolling in Medicare since I turn 65 in September and retiring on the same month. I’m having trouble...
by Toni King | Jul 10, 2017 | Events, Toni Says, Uncategorized
Toni: We are new to the Houston area and last week Tropical Storm Cindy absolutely stressed my wife because her 84-year-old mother is living in an assisted living facility and we live over 10 miles away from her. What can we do to be prepared for a hurricane or an...