Select Wisely

08/10/2021

Lowering the Medicare age to 60 plus adding dental, vision and hearing benefits to Medicare are still on the table.

Senate Democrats have released the text of their $3.5 trillion budget resolution, which includes proposed modifications to Medicare.

07/06/2021

A recent study conducted by UnitedHealth Group found that Medicare Advantage (MA) beneficiaries spend 40% less annually than patients enrolled in fee-for-service Medicare. Average annual spending (including premiums and out-of-pocket costs) for tradi

05/13/2021

The American Recovery Plan has increased the subsidies for people buying their own insurance. If you're currently receiving a subsidy, you are probably eligible for more. If you were not eligible for a subsidy, you may be eligible now. Please contact me if you'd like to check this out.

01/16/2020

Let me know if you would like more information about long term care insurance. Please consider looking at long term care coverage during your 40s and 50s. As you age, the insurance gets more expensive and you are less likely to qualify coverage.

The truth is you may never need long-term care. But if you do one day, how could it impact your family? How will you pay for it?

01/15/2020

With a growing share of older Americans working, more are faced with making a decision about Medicare when they turn 65 because they already have health insurance through their job. Here are costs and rules to consider.

04/12/2019

We keep hearing about Medicare for all. This article gives a little detail to the rumors!

It would be a sea change from the current system.

01/28/2019

Buying Term Life Insurance Buys Peace of Mind
Ryan Frailich, Contributor / Forbes

You've bought the peace of mind to know your family will not be forced to move.

You've bought knowing your spouse would be able to pay for additional childcare now that they're unexpectedly a single parent.

You've bought several years worth of time to readjust to an entirely different life without financial stress compounding all the other stress.

You've bought knowing your family could splurge a little on dining out now that you're not home to make dinner every night.

You've bought your family not having to use a GoFundMe or other crowdsourced website to pay your funeral costs.

You've bought knowing your kids would still have funding for their education, despite your family no longer having two incomes.

You can buy all that for an amount many people spend regularly on dinner and a couple drinks. You can afford it, but many people choose not to buy it because the benefits above are vague and theoretical, but the dinner and drinks make you happier today.

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01/26/2019

Having an agent to help choose your health insurance is a good idea but having an agent to help with problems is a great idea. Currently, I am working with 2 families to resolve problems with healthcare.gov. I have knowledge and resources that I access to help resolve time consuming and costly issues.

11/23/2017

It's been a crazy open enrollment and if you haven't finished your enrollment, please get going! Healthcare. gov is processing more slowly and my calendar is filling up fast.

06/12/2017

My friend Cathy Zheutlin has produced a film called Living While Dying. She was interviewed on Immense Possibilities - a weekly public TV and internet series. Here is a 24 second snippet from that interview. I think her documentary is extremely interesting and important! If you are interested, please check out Living While Dying and maybe think about a small donation to help fund the film.

https://vimeo.com//220895986

the full interview is the first ten minutes of this: https://vimeo.com/205738901