Medicare Costs

Within the vast field of Health Insurance, Medicare Supplements can be difficult to understand. Our goal is to help you understand this topic and clear up any type of confusion. What is Medicare? Before we go into Medicare Supplements, let’s make sure we have a clear understanding of Medicare. For […]

Basics of Medicare Supplements

June 4, 2019 in Health / Medicare tagged medicare / Medicare Costs / Medicare Supplement / Medigap / Part D by Haleigh Carr

What is Medicare The basics for Medicare are simple. Medicare is for people that are 65 years old or older, and for people who have been disabled for over 24 months. Once signed up for a specific Medicare package, a red, white, or blue card will come in the mail. […]

Medicare Basics – What Is Medicare

June 3, 2019 in Health / Medicare tagged medicare / medicare benefits / Medicare Costs / Part A / Part B by Noah Thomas

About 36,000 retired teachers and their dependents abandoned their state-created health insurance system this year after Texas officials enacted higher deductibles and premiums. Most of the retirees who left were 65 or older and opted to choose cheaper Medicare plans elsewhere, putting the Teacher Retirement System of Texas’ health insurance […]

Thousands of Retired Teachers Leaving Their Healthcare System

May 24, 2019 in Medicare tagged health insurance / medicare / Medicare Costs / Retirement / workforce by Andrea Hektner

What Is Multiple Sclerosis?

March 27, 2018 in Health / Medicare tagged medicare / Medicare Costs / Medigap / Rehabilitation by Andrea Hektner

Medicare 2018 Coverage Update

January 17, 2018 in Medicare tagged medicare / Medicare Costs / Part A / Part B / Part D by Andrea Hektner

If you’ve ever heard of a “Star Rating” when shopping for Medicare plans, you may have wondered what the ratings represent. Sherri Miller, Empower Brokerage’s Compliance Officer, discusses what goes into the Medicare star ratings and how plans are graded. What Are Medicare Star Ratings? Medicare uses a Star Rating System […]

Medicare Star Ratings

September 17, 2017 in Medicare tagged medicare / Medicare Costs / Special Enrollment Period by Andrea Hektner

Allie explains the basics of what Medicare Part B covers Hi! Welcome back to the Dynamic Duo with me, Allie Shipman, and my partner, John Shinn. We are with Empower Brokerage, and today, we’re talking about original Medicare Part B. In general, Part B covers doctor visits, outpatient surgery, and […]

Dynamic Duo: Medicare Part B

August 17, 2017 in Medicare tagged Insurance Education / insurance help / medicare / Medicare Costs / Part B by Andrea Hektner

Allie Introduces Medicare Part A Welcome back to another episode of Dynamic Duo with me Allie Shipman and John Shinn from Empower Brokerage! Today, we’re going to dive a little deeper into original Medicare. There’s Medicare Part A and Part B. Right now, we’re going to start with Part A. […]

Dynamic Duo: Medicare Part A Explained

August 16, 2017 in Medicare / Uncategorized tagged Insurance Education / medicare / medicare benefits / Medicare Costs / Part A by Andrea Hektner

FAQs: Comfort of Your Medicare Coverage So your comfort with the company and the coverage and everything is very important. When you think about all the factors that go into choosing coverage or changing Medicare coverage. One is the cost of the coverage the other is the actual coverage […]