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Dennis Byron commented on the post, Crazy, irrational hospital billing (with no connection to quality) 1 week, 2 days ago
Based on Mr. Levy’s comment on this subject on the ComonHealth blog, I think you are framing the question wrong, Martha. This so-called “billing” information may not have any relation to quality but it also […]
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Dennis Byron commented on the post, Should Medicare fund sex change surgery? 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Hi Martha —
Please explain the rest of the story. Why did CMS pull back on receiving comments so soon after asking for them? I assume it’s because they are questioning whether any part of CMS — Medicaid, […]
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Dennis Byron commented on the post, Should Medicare fund sex change surgery? 1 month, 2 weeks ago
If nothing else, asking this question opens up a lot of the issues vis a vis Medicare reform. For example, I know it is your first reaction to equate Medicare with old age. But between 10%-20% of people on […]
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Dennis Byron commented on the post, Empowering Healthcare Consumers 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Does this rule apply to Medicare beneficiaries in Massachusetts? Or just to people covered by the new law?
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Dennis Byron wrote a new post, Senior Citizens, Sign Up Now: “Medicare Open Enrollment” Ends March 31 3 months, 2 weeks ago
OK, I bet you thought “Medicare open enrollment1″ for 2013 ended December 7, 2012.
That’s the conventional wisdom. Actually enrollment time for Original Medicare is now through March 31, 2013 and those who […]
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Dennis Byron commented on the post, Medicare 2013: It’s That Time of Year Again and Medicare’s Still Not Simple 5 months ago
micro…
FYI, this web site is based in Massachusetts and — I think — so are most of its readers. Plan F is not availalbe in Massachusetts (nor are any of the plans with letters following them). The […]
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Dennis Byron commented on the post, The “Medicare Price” of Enbrel Is Not Changing for 2012 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Good information, Dan. The post you are commenting on was written 13 months ago.
I hope things are changing for the better for people on Medicare that need Enbrel. However I am not seeing any change on the […]
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Dennis Byron commented on the post, Medicare’s money problems in pictures 5 months, 3 weeks ago
The chart you have reprinted from the Kaiser Insurance Company foundation by way of JAMA is grossly misleading in a variety of ways. It is so unfortunate that people cannot have a meaningful debate in today’s […]
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Dennis Byron commented on the post, Picking a Medicare Part D Drug Plan Is Not as Confusing as They Say 5 months, 4 weeks ago
P Gavan
Thanks for the response and clarifications. Please note my initial paragraph that the original post was written for one part of Massachusetts but I think it applies all over Massachusetts and to a […]
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Dennis Byron commented on the post, Medicare 2013: It’s That Time of Year Again and Medicare’s Still Not Simple 5 months, 4 weeks ago
Chris Tweedy
Thanks. You are correct, I misread Mary’s question to be about the Part B premium not the Part B deductible.
However, I think it is incorrect for you to say “most Medicare beneficiaries will see […]
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Dennis Byron commented on the post, Picking a Medicare Part D Drug Plan Is Not as Confusing as They Say 5 months, 4 weeks ago
Thanks for the comment but no, that is not my experience. I think your description is an example of how many people over-complicate the Part D program for us seniors… and are possibly purposely trying to scare […]
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Dennis Byron wrote a new post, Picking a Medicare Part D Drug Plan Is Not as Confusing as They Say 6 months ago
(The following information applies to Cape Cod, Massachusetts where I live but — with different numbers — the same is true around Massachusetts and most of the United States:)Despite the ranting of some and […]
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Dennis Byron commented on the post, Medicare 2013: It’s That Time of Year Again and Medicare’s Still Not Simple 6 months ago
Mary
Still haven’t heard (as of 11/14).
Apparently the announcement of the Part B premium for 2013 was delayed until after the election although in most years of the last 20 years the new Part B rate was […]
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Dennis Byron commented on the post, Your health data could be worth over $3,000 / year 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Doctor, Assuming you mean me and not someone named Lee, the answer to your questions (but not in order) are
1. The reference to Reagan was in response to your quote from UPitt: “Our findings suggest that […]
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Dennis Byron commented on the post, Your health data could be worth over $3,000 / year 6 months, 4 weeks ago
Doctor
Sorry but don’t spend all that money yet
There are problems with both the UPitt research you cite and your logic flowing from the research.Number one, I wrote about this Parf-D-specific UPitt […]
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Dennis Byron wrote a new post, Warn Seniors Not to Buy the Most Expensive Medicare Part D Plan in the County 7 months, 1 week ago
There is an interesting article posted on the Health Day blog of U.S. News October 11 headlined
The underlying research comes from a University of Pittsburg […]
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Dennis Byron commented on the post, It’s Really Not Medicare Open Enrollment Time 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Martha, this is somewhat of a flip answer but I think it’s accurate. There are two easy ways for a person over 65 to avoid most but not all of the Medicare complications:
1. Keep working!! But of course it has […]
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Dennis Byron wrote a new post, It’s Really Not Medicare Open Enrollment Time 7 months, 2 weeks ago
When I wrote a few weeks ago about Medicare saying that it was “almost that time of year again,” I did not mean it was Medicare open enrollment time, And when you read story after story over the next two months […]
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Dennis Byron commented on the post, Medicare 2013: It’s That Time of Year Again and Medicare’s Still Not Simple 7 months, 3 weeks ago
To Chris Fenton
A couple of things:
1. I am not an insurance agent. I am a SHIP (SHINE in Massachusetts) volunteer certified by the Medicare bureaucracy to help seniors (I am one). I tell you that because […] -
Dennis Byron wrote a new post, Medicare 2013: It’s That Time of Year Again and Medicare’s Still Not Simple 8 months ago
In 2011 I wrote that signing up for Medicare is not simple (link broken). Well it’s time for an update and the bad news is that Medicare is still not simple. Here is an update to my 2011 explanation:If you’re […]
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