What is the difference between Medicare & Medigap Insurance?
When you join a Medicare supplement plan, you must continue paying your Part A & B premium. Also known as Medigap or Medicare Supplement plans “Supplement” what Original Medicare does not pay and are offered by private insurance companies and can take care of certain health care costs not covered by Original Medicare, like deductibles, premiums, and co-payments.
What is the difference between Medigap & Medicare Supplement?
They are one and the same but known by different names.
Do I need a Medicare supplement?
It really depends on how much medical care you intend on getting each year. For example, if you’re hospitalized at least twice a year, every year, then buying a supplemental policy might be worth it.
Supplements cover the 20% that Medicare does not cover.
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Medicare Advantage Frequently Asked Questions
Are Medicare Advantage Plans Good?
Some seniors may find better value in Medicare Part C, called Medicare Advantage. Such plans are run by private insurance companies but regulated by the government, and must offer coverage that’s comparable to original Medicare parts A and B. Most also include prescription drug coverage, which is an optional add-on called Part D for seniors who keep original Medicare.
Medicare Advantage Plans Vs Original Medicare
A Medicare managed care plan is one way to get coverage for the health care bills that Medicare doesn’t pay. Medicare managed care plans are HMOs or PPOs that provide basic Medicare coverage plus other coverage to fill the gaps in Medicare coverage.
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Diabetic, Obesity & Weight Loss Foot Care Made Easy
Diabetic, Obesity & Weight Loss Foot Care Made Easy
Diabetic Feet:
Take off your shoes & socks
Ask your health care provider to check your feet.
Report any changes in how your feet look or feel.
1-Wash your feet thoroughly
2-Dry your feet thoroughly (between the toes)
3-Apply moisturizer to your feet ( not between the toes)
4-Wear moisture resistant socks
5-Never walk barefoot
6-Wear shoes that fit well
7-Check your feet for sores, cuts, blisters, corns and redness
8-DO NOT soak your feet!
9-DO NOT smoke
10- Change your diet to Low Carb plan
11- Lose weight
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How to Cut Rx Drug Costs
Are you struggling with the soaring cost of prescription drugs? CBS MoneyWatch recently reported that drug prices are predicted to soar nearly 50% over the next few years.
I want to help you find ways to contain these costs so that they don’t interfere with your long-term medical drug costs.
I’m also including three tips on how to cut your prescription drug costs. As always, please let me know if you have any questions or new developments with your health care costs. (more…)
Eat To Live, Don’t Live To Eat!- It’s Really About Choices!
Eat To Live, Don’t Live To Eat!- It’s Really About Choices!
It’s really all about choices, and it’s all in our hands. Take the time to evaluate your diet and eating habits. Make the necessary changes before it is too late, as prevention is worth a thousand cures.
Make small changes every week, instead of drastic shifts where you will feel the biggest impact. Make a list of all the foods you need to cut down on in your diet, and keep cutting one out each week. (more…)
10 Top Reasons To Stop Smoking
Top 10 Reasons To Stop Smoking
Your Health
- 20 Minutes After Quitting- heart rate and blood pressure drop
- 8 Hours After Quitting-
- 1-Carbon monoxide level in the blood drops to normal
- 2- oxygen level in the blood increases to normal
- 48 Hours After Quitting-
- 1- Nerve endings start to regrow
- 2- ability to smell and taste begins to return to normal.
- 2 Weeks to 3 Months After quitting
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How To Avoid Getting Old & Fat
Value Of Exercise
People who spend a great deal of time sitting on their rears execrate the ageing of their bodies cells.
People who exercise less than 40 minutes a day have body cells that can be as much as 8 years older than they should be.
New research is showing the value of exercise not only for weight control but also to delay ageing. (more…)
How To Handle Rejection In Tango & Life
Rejection and How To Handle It
You Can’t Please Everyone
- In the song “ Garden Party” the singer Ricky Nelson sings:
- I went to a garden party to reminisce with my old friends
- A chance to share old memories and play our songs again
- When I got to the garden party, they all knew my name
- No one recognized me, I didn’t look the same
- But it’s all right now, I learned my lesson well.
- You see, ya can’t please everyone, so ya got to please yourself!
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3 New Learning Tango Rules Videos Posted On YouTube
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The Secret Pleasures Of Argentine Tango
Social Dance
Tango as a social dance grew from the idea of improvising together by using a rich mix of movements, constantly developing as tango subculture keeps evolving. Tango can be compared to a language used to communicate with another person, each conversation being unique. At every moment the partners decide what they will “converse” about, depending on the music, skills, and desires. Given a very rich movement vocabulary, these “conversations” may vary in an almost infinite number of ways. Here the most important thing will always be not what the dance looks like to the outsiders but how you feel dancing it with this particular partner to this particular music. Many people come to tango to try out something new, something they always wanted to try, sometimes just to meet the opposite sex, to socialize, to dance, to move their body. (more…)