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		<title>Cost of Prescriptions deciding whether you choose a MA plan or Medigap</title>
		<link>http://medicaresupplementdirect.com/414/cost-of-prescriptions-deciding-whether-you-choose-a-ma-plan-or-medigap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have to start by saying the reason for this post has made me said, not because we were able to review an move a new client to a better program, but because she was paying over $6000 a year for just her prescriptions.
For every person there is a program that fits their needs, however [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2010 Annual Open Enrollment Begins</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[November 15th through December 31st 2009 is the Annual Open Enrollment for Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D plans.
What does this mean?  You can elect to make a change to your Medicare Advantage or Medicare Part D plan if you need to.  If you make a change, the last change you make will be the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PFFS &#8211; Private Fee For Service &#8211; Plans getting dropped</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:34:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By now, if you are on a PFFS Medicare Advantage plan (private fee for service) depending on what company you have your plan with, you might have gotten a letter saying that your plan will not be offered for the 2010 year.  With some of the changes Medicare made this year, there now must be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To The Perfect Agent To Work With</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:50:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://medicaresupplementdirect.com/blog/?p=261</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Let me guess, you have worked at your job for 30+ years and have never had to deal with finding health insurance because your employer always took care of it, now your coverage and help picking the plan have all dissapeared and you are out on your own trying to figure out this mess.
You Are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Massive Layoffs Increase Demand For Individual Health Insurance and Medicare Supplement Information</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 03:59:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medicare Advantage]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the state of our economy, and all the MASSIVE layoffs, there are many people who for the first time find themselves searching for their own health insurance for the first time.  There&#8217;s not a day that goes by, that I don&#8217;t hear &#8220;I&#8217;ve never had to deal with this stuff, and there is no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medicare Advantage plans may lose some federal cash</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Health insurers offering enhanced Medicare plans to senior citizens could see their reimbursements dramatically cut as Congress looks to further squeeze the optional, yet lucrative, Medicare product sold by those companies.
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		<title>Democrats Eye Medicare Advantage</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2008 04:18:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis</dc:creator>
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From the Wall Street Journal Online
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122920867695704427.html.html
Democrats start looking at the Medicare Advantage programs and drug programs.




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		<title>Possible coverage loop hole found in Medicare Advantage plans</title>
		<link>http://medicaresupplementdirect.com/195/possible-coverage-loop-hole-found-in-medicare-advantage-plans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:55:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medicare Advantage]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As reported in the article with the link below, if you sign up for a Medicare Advantage plan, and your doctors are in the network, there is a possibility you won&#8217;t get to see your doctors that you already know and feel good working with.
Click the link below for the full story.
http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=94131&#38;catid=8



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		<title>New Medicare Bill Update</title>
		<link>http://medicaresupplementdirect.com/110/new-medicare-bill-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:49:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medicare Bills]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Pacesetter magazine from Genworth Financial Aug/Sep 2008
Congress overrode the President&#8217;s veto to pass the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 into law on July 15, 2008.  The main focus of this bill was to eliminate the planned 10.6% decrease in payments to doctors, but the act also contained a number [...]]]></description>
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