Health care has emerged as one of the flash points in the Democratic presidential race. Sen. Bernie Sanders calls for “Medicare for All,” a health system that falls under the heading of ‘Single-payer”. Just to be clear, a Single-payer system is not the same thing as socialized medicine. In truly socialized medicine system, the government […]

There has been a recurring problem that many Medicare beneficiaries discover in January of each year. Most people assume that if their Part D plan covered their medications in 2015 that it will cover the same way in 2016. Wrong! You may remember what they say about assuming? In the fall of each year, the […]