New Medicare Cards Are On The Way

New Medicare cards are coming (and bringing along new scams, of course) [1] Starting in April 2018, new Medicare cards will be mailed to 60 million Medicare beneficiaries.  Mandated by the Medicare Access and Chip Reauthorization Act of 2015, the new cards will not display your Social Security number.  Instead, your card will display a randomly…

Medicare Coverage Denial

Medicare coverage is still being denied for “failure to improve” and that’s against the law.[1] In the year 2000, my Cousin Kathie at age 93 had pneumonia, ended up in the hospital for 4 days and then discharged back to her nursing home facility.  She had dementia.  There was no way Kathie could follow instructions…