Maximize Your Medicare (2019 Edition): Understanding Medicare, Protecting Your Health, and Minimizing Costs / Jae Oh
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This edition has been entirely reformatted (6/30/2019).
The next edition will be publlsihed by Skyhorse Publsihing in early 2020.
Medicare is the vital cornerstone of retirement planning. Maximize Your Medicare is written in plain-spoken English that everyday people and professionals can actually use.
The highly-fragmented information in the public domain is not necessarily wrong, but provides little guidance on how the differences in your choices can affect you. The challenge is that a single factor can entirely change your mind, with enormous differences in benefits and costs to you.
Maximize Your Medicare explains.
A reader (C Holiostos Johnson) of the advance copy of this re-issued version wrote:
"Maximize Your Medicare isn't just for adults approaching Medicareeligibility age. As an adult child tasked with making Medicare decisions for myparents, I felt an enormous pressure and responsibility to make the bestchoices. I was also overwhelmed by the Medicare options, details, timelines, andrestrictions.
Mr. Oh de-mystifiesMedicare. His expertise made it possible for me to make sense of deadlines,identify the best options, and develop a clear plan for each of my parents. Ialso steered clear of several pitfalls I would not have recognized without thehelp this book provides. Mr. Oh's clear terminology and examples helpedme to explain concepts, structures and recommendations to my parents.Armed with good information and resources, I felt empowered and confident in myability to help my parents.
Maximize Your Medicare is required reading for those who want to educatethemselves and support loved ones in one of the most critical medical andfinancial decisions of their retirement years.
Introduction
Medicare is a Mystery: It Doesn't Have to Be
Why Is Medicare So Important?
Why Is Medicare So Confusing?
How to Use This Book
Chapter 1 EnrollmentMedicare Eligibility
Signing Up for Medicare
Can I Delay Enrollment in Medicare?
Late Enrollment Penalties
Financial Assistance
Conclusions: Thinking Ahead is Key
Chapter 2 Medicare Part APremium Eligibility
Part A Benefits
Key Term: Benefit Period
No Annual Out-of-Pocket Limit
Chapter 3 Medicare Part BPremium
Annual Deductible
Part B Coverage
Sources of Part B Confusion
Part B Excess
Chapter 4 Prescription Drug CoverageThe Basics
Prescription Drug Plan Terms
The Standard Part D Plan
How to Choose
Important Extras
Chapter 5 Medicare AdvantageThe Basics
Types of Medicare Advantage Plans
Enrollment
How to Choose
Medicare Advantage Has Improved
Consumers Must Understand Networks
Medicare Advantage Extras
Chapter 6 MedigapMedigap Enrollment
Medigap Coverage
Premiums
Base Case: Medigap is Superior
Special Topics
The Bottom Lines
Chapter 7 Working Beyond 65People Are Working Longer
Small Employer
Large Employer
If You Decide to Cancel
The Bottom Line
Chapter 8 Retiree Benefit PlansRetirement From a Small Employer
Retirement From a Large Employer
If Your Employer Cancels Retiree Health Benefits
Employer-Sponsored Medicare Advantage
Dental, Vision, and Other "Benefits"
What Employers Can Do
Conclusions
Chapter 9 Special GroupsVeterans Administration (VA)
Disabled
Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB)
State and Local Government Employees
Educators
Unions
Hospital (and Other Healthcare) Employees
Small Business Owners
Professional "Associations"
Seriously Ill
Chapter 10 The Savvy Medicare ConsumerStay Focused on the Goal
Dealing With Medicare Problems
Professionals, Amateurs, and Advertisements
Last Tips
Experts' AddendaInsurance is an Option
Options Are Priced Using Probability
Medigap vs. Medicare Advantage Revisited
Our National Long-Term Care Problem
Insurance-based Solutions Exist
These Options Are Difficult to Analyze
About the Author
Acknowledgements
Glossary
Notes
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The next edition will be publlsihed by Skyhorse Publsihing in early 2020.
Medicare is the vital cornerstone of retirement planning. Maximize Your Medicare is written in plain-spoken English that everyday people and professionals can actually use.
The highly-fragmented information in the public domain is not necessarily wrong, but provides little guidance on how the differences in your choices can affect you. The challenge is that a single factor can entirely change your mind, with enormous differences in benefits and costs to you.
Maximize Your Medicare explains.
- Enrollment in Medicare
- Medicare Part A and Part B
- Prescription Drug benefits
- Medicare Advantage
- Medigap
- How to consider the many choices
A reader (C Holiostos Johnson) of the advance copy of this re-issued version wrote:
"Maximize Your Medicare isn't just for adults approaching Medicareeligibility age. As an adult child tasked with making Medicare decisions for myparents, I felt an enormous pressure and responsibility to make the bestchoices. I was also overwhelmed by the Medicare options, details, timelines, andrestrictions.
Mr. Oh de-mystifiesMedicare. His expertise made it possible for me to make sense of deadlines,identify the best options, and develop a clear plan for each of my parents. Ialso steered clear of several pitfalls I would not have recognized without thehelp this book provides. Mr. Oh's clear terminology and examples helpedme to explain concepts, structures and recommendations to my parents.Armed with good information and resources, I felt empowered and confident in myability to help my parents.
Maximize Your Medicare is required reading for those who want to educatethemselves and support loved ones in one of the most critical medical andfinancial decisions of their retirement years.
Introduction
Medicare is a Mystery: It Doesn't Have to Be
Why Is Medicare So Important?
Why Is Medicare So Confusing?
How to Use This Book
Chapter 1 EnrollmentMedicare Eligibility
Signing Up for Medicare
Can I Delay Enrollment in Medicare?
Late Enrollment Penalties
Financial Assistance
Conclusions: Thinking Ahead is Key
Chapter 2 Medicare Part APremium Eligibility
Part A Benefits
Key Term: Benefit Period
No Annual Out-of-Pocket Limit
Chapter 3 Medicare Part BPremium
Annual Deductible
Part B Coverage
Sources of Part B Confusion
Part B Excess
Chapter 4 Prescription Drug CoverageThe Basics
Prescription Drug Plan Terms
The Standard Part D Plan
How to Choose
Important Extras
Chapter 5 Medicare AdvantageThe Basics
Types of Medicare Advantage Plans
Enrollment
How to Choose
Medicare Advantage Has Improved
Consumers Must Understand Networks
Medicare Advantage Extras
Chapter 6 MedigapMedigap Enrollment
Medigap Coverage
Premiums
Base Case: Medigap is Superior
Special Topics
The Bottom Lines
Chapter 7 Working Beyond 65People Are Working Longer
Small Employer
Large Employer
If You Decide to Cancel
The Bottom Line
Chapter 8 Retiree Benefit PlansRetirement From a Small Employer
Retirement From a Large Employer
If Your Employer Cancels Retiree Health Benefits
Employer-Sponsored Medicare Advantage
Dental, Vision, and Other "Benefits"
What Employers Can Do
Conclusions
Chapter 9 Special GroupsVeterans Administration (VA)
Disabled
Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB)
State and Local Government Employees
Educators
Unions
Hospital (and Other Healthcare) Employees
Small Business Owners
Professional "Associations"
Seriously Ill
Chapter 10 The Savvy Medicare ConsumerStay Focused on the Goal
Dealing With Medicare Problems
Professionals, Amateurs, and Advertisements
Last Tips
Experts' AddendaInsurance is an Option
Options Are Priced Using Probability
Medigap vs. Medicare Advantage Revisited
Our National Long-Term Care Problem
Insurance-based Solutions Exist
These Options Are Difficult to Analyze
About the Author
Acknowledgements
Glossary
Notes
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