Frank Lalli, the Health Care Detective™ : Open Enrollment Changes
Frank has chronicled his experience with the health care system in the New York Times op-ed piece “A Health Insurance Detective Story.” He has since become The Health Care Detective™ in a variety of publications and media outlets, including regular commentary...
BGA Assisting HR Departments with Retirees & Medicare
This is a shout out to all Human Resource departments who assist their retirees with advice concerning Medicare. BGA Insurance Group is here to help. First, as a broker I can appreciate HR departments trying help their retirees by offering Medicare solutions....
Hospital Indemnity Insurance Explained
The Hospital Copay with Medicare Advantage With the Annual Election for Medicare over and the little known Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment Period ending on March 31st, you may think: “whew, I’m done for the year”. Of course with Medicare questions will always...
Are Medicare Advantage Plans Really Free?
If you have one, you’ve probably wondered why, but at the end of the day, it doesn’t matter to you because you don’t pay a monthly premium. But is it really a free Medicare plan? The reason why insurance carriers will always have a $0 premium monthly plan is to...
Are You Prepared to Die? Why Life Insurance is Important
Are you? Or is your family going to be burdened with the cost? This is the question that all seniors think about from time to time. Some have prepared, some always say they will eventually, and then some ignore it. There are a lot of life insurance options to mull...
Can You Switch Your Medicare Advantage Plan After Open Enrollment?
Watch The Replay of Our Discussion! Click Here to Contact Greg Click Here to Contact Joe What is the Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment Period? The Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment Period runs from January 1 to March 31 each year. If you’re enrolled in a Medicare...
Trump Issues Executive Orders on Prescription Drugs – How Does it Affect Medicare?
Last month I wrote a blog regarding President Trump signing a bill to lower insulin drug costs for beneficiaries. Over the weekend it looks like Donald Trump took it a step further by implementing four executive orders to lower prescription medicines across the board....
Medicare Capped Insulin Costs On the Way
Attention all Medicare recipients who require prescribed insulin treatment! Help looks like its on the way. President Trump announced on last Tuesday a plan that would reduce the cost of insulin and cap the price at $35 a month which would save seniors a lot of...