Preventive Care

[Frank Stastny]

Frank, you need to stop holding back and state what's on your mind.

Rick

I'm working very hard trying to get over being so shy. I have always had a difficult time expressing my real feelings.

Thanks for your concern, I really appreciate it.

I have read your threads, especially the ones to a very select group of individuals who shall remain nameless. I'm really trying to learn from the examples you have set.

When I grow up I want to be just like you.

 

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Frank,

I was responding to the assertion that this beneficiary did not have access to an MA plan, not necessarily that I recommended it in this scenario. I pointed out that if he could qualify for a Med Sup he could qualify for a MA plan.

As to your response...

"I beg to differ with you. Medicare will cover just about everything and by design it provides the very best medical coverage available of any kind regardless of age. The only things I have seen Medicare deny are things like a patient getting their hair done while in the hospital.

I have had an occasional doctor tell a patient that they need to pay he bill up front for the full amount before they leave the office because Medicare won't pay. I have turned in two doctors for doing that who never turned the claim into Medicare because they wanted to collect more money than Medicare would allow and told their patient that since Medicare "wouldn't pay" that they owed the full amount. I reported both and my clients ended up not owing a thing.

"Preventative care" is not only covered by a Med Supp policy but doctors receive an extra 2% payment for doing that. All Med Supp policies not just Plans E and J. Plans E & J suck.

I think you are listening too close to the propaganda that is being spread around by insurance companies."

... I would like to point out that most of what I said in my post was taken from CMS material, not insurance propaganda.

( and by the way, it is preventive, not preventative...)

Eat some more turkey, Frank, you need the tryptophan!