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Financial Planning April 1, 2010 Donald Jay Korn |
Medicare: Change is Coming This is a great time to get together with clients over 65 who will be affected by health care changes and go over their Medicare coverage. At the same time, you can see what other areas of financial planning are on their mind. |
Registered Rep. November 26, 2015 Mark Miller |
Medicare Changes Coming Up If you haven't done a check-up on your clients' retirement health care costs lately, it's a good time to update the numbers. |
Financial Planning April 1, 2011 Donald Jay Korn |
Front and Center With baby boomer clients entering the age of Medicare, it will become increasingly important for planners to keep up with the inevitable new wrinkles. |
The Motley Fool January 26, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Fall Into the Medigap: Part 3 Medicare supplemental insurance may give you the additional protection you need. By understanding and evaluating your Medigap options, you can manage the financial risk of medical expenses, giving you the confidence that your health needs will be met. |
Financial Planning April 1, 2007 Joan Warner |
What's Next for Medicare Is America's retirement healthcare plan really in trouble? Here's some good news -- and some hard decisions for your financial advisory clients. |
BusinessWeek October 3, 2005 Howard Gleckman |
Medicare: Decisions, Decisions With drug and HMO plans now in the mix, seniors face a raft of complex choices. |
Financial Planning February 1, 2007 Donald Jay Korn |
'B' Prepared Medicare has an unpleasant surprise for upper-income retirees, but worse is yet to come. Here are some of the issues financial planners need to know about. |
The Motley Fool January 26, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Fall Into the Medigap Unfortunately, choosing the best Medigap policy for your particular situation can be complicated. You have to analyze the various options included in the plans that are available to you. |
Financial Advisor March 2006 Karen DeMasters |
Clients Lost In Medicare Lurch Although some of the more than 40 million eligible Medicare recipients in the nation already have signed up for the new prescription drug benefits program Part D, many people still are seeking the advice of financial planners and weighing the options that are available to them. |
The Motley Fool November 2, 2008 Chuck Saletta |
The Extremely Frayed Retirement Safety Net Even if they don't fail, you won't get much from Social Security and Medicare. |
Registered Rep. April 24, 2015 Mark Miller |
Inflationary Effects On Seniors The inflation rate experienced by seniors is higher than that of the overall economy. |
Searcher October 2011 Stephanie C. Ardito |
The Medical Digital: Navigating the Medicare Maze Since entitlement programs are the chief governmental programs under fire, I decided to revisit the healthcare bills passed back in March (H.R. 3590, the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act). |
Registered Rep. November 1, 2005 Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
Medicare Drug Benefit 101 If financial advisers can understand the basics of the new Medicare drug benefit plan, they can provide a great service to their clients -- perhaps even save them money in premiums. Here's where to start. |
Registered Rep. May 25, 2011 Mark Miller |
Pros and Cons of the Healthcare Reform Law The new health reform law already is changing the health insurance market in important ways that will affect your clients' choices and expenses. |
The Motley Fool January 26, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Fall Into the Medigap: Part 2 Medicare supplemental insurance may give you the additional protection you need. Knowing more about the various plan options is helpful in making a decision about which Medigap policy to choose. |
The Motley Fool January 22, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Understanding Medicare: Benefits Medical coverage for seniors is a big part of a strong retirement-protection plan. |
The Motley Fool January 22, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Understanding Medicare: Costs The deductibles and co-payments for Medicare Advantage Plans and prescription-drug plans can vary greatly between particular plans. A thorough examination of such plans is necessary for understanding the costs and to make a good decision about which plan to choose. |
Registered Rep. October 10, 2014 Mark Miller |
Healthcare Inflation is on the Mend Tame healthcare inflation is good news for your retired clients. |
Financial Planning November 1, 2007 Donald Jay Korn |
Medicare Choices What are Medicare private fee-for-service plans and why did their fortunes rise and fall so dramatically? Most important, if these plans survive in their current form, should advisors suggest them for clients enrolled in or approaching Medicare eligibility? |
Knowledge@Wharton |
Major Health Care Reform Under President Bush Remains Elusive Three of the chief health-care challenges facing the United States are: finding a way to provide coverage for the millions of uninsured, reforming Medicare, and setting up a prescription-drug plan for the elderly. The White House is likely to make headway on only the third of these in the next two years. |
Financial Planning July 1, 2006 Robert M. Hayes |
Preserve Medicare Medicare is a roadmap for the future healthcare of America. It should be fine-tuned and improved, not undermined and privatized as the Washington power brokers are now attempting to do. |
Registered Rep. January 2, 2013 Kevin McKinley |
Mapping the Medicare Maze Advisors can shed some much-appreciated light on this crucial but confusing program. |
Managed Care May 2005 John Carroll |
Evaporation of Retiree Benefits May Be Health Plan Opportunity With big companies steadily reducing coverage for retirees, plans need to devise products for this needy population. |
BusinessWeek January 31, 2005 Howard Gleckman |
The Real Retirement Time Bomb Without reform, Medicare premiums will eat away at Social Security benefits. |
The Motley Fool January 30, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Will You Be Covered? The costs of medical care have risen dramatically over the past several decades. Health insurance is a must for financial security, but many don't have it. |
The Motley Fool May 16, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Don't Let This Kill Your Retirement Social Security and Medicare look sick. Here's how to handle it. |
Financial Planning February 1, 2006 Janet Aschkenasy |
Drug Deals Here is how to help your financial advisory clients make sense of Medicare Part D. |
Registered Rep. April 12, 2013 Mark Miller |
Retirement and Health Care: Bad Rx You and your clients are likely underestimating how much will be spent on health care during retirement. Here's how to predict the costs. |
Registered Rep. February 13, 2015 Mark Miller |
Planning for Alzheimer's Carolyn McClanahan probably pays more attention to her clients' health than the typical financial planner. |
Registered Rep. April 13, 2012 Mark Miller |
A Vexing Retirement Planning Problem? Predicting Health Care Costs What worries your clients most about their prospects for achieving a secure retirement? The cost of health care. |
Financial Planning May 1, 2010 Rick S. Kahler |
Planning for Reform It will be important to pay attention in coming months, so you can plan for the impact health care reform is likely to have on your finances, your career and your clients. |
Knowledge@Wharton July 30, 2003 |
Restructuring Medicare Is a Riskier Operation than First Thought Hailed as a bipartisan success when passed in late June, two Medicare reform bills are losing some of their luster as they face closer scrutiny by a conference committee made up of members of both chambers charged with reconciling the legislation this fall. |
On Wall Street November 1, 2012 Todd Colbeck |
Boost Your Medicare Expertise What every advisor should know about government insurance to better serve clients. |
Managed Care September 2000 |
Any way you cut it, employers appear to save if Medicare adopts drug benefit A new analysis suggests that a prescription drug benefit in Medicare would reduce employer expense for health coverage--which, in turn, could encourage more employers to offer some form of drug coverage and thus reverse this erosion... |
The Motley Fool January 25, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
You'll Pay More for This Must-Have Protection Long-term care insurance is becoming harder to afford. |
The Motley Fool August 18, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
The Medicare Drug Dilemma: Part 1 Seniors have a great benefit available to them, but it's tough sorting through it all. We're here to help. |
Financial Planning April 1, 2007 Elizabeth O'Brien |
Are Your Clients Covered? Today's healthcare system demands vigilance from consumers and planners alike. Some financial planners are taking on the complex, expensive market for individual health insurance. And they're finding solutions. |
BusinessWeek July 14, 2003 Howard Gleckman |
This Medicare Reform Is No Cure The theory: The shift will improve treatment and save taxpayers money, helping to rein in ballooning Medicare costs while offsetting the expense of the drug benefit. Those are laudable goals. Unfortunately, Congress isn't likely to achieve them. |
Registered Rep. April 2, 2014 Kevin McKinley |
Old Timers, New Tricks As clients grow older, many planning concepts are targeted towards the hazy phases of their lives. But there are also several specific ages that present new prospects and strategies, especially for those in their 60s. |
The Motley Fool January 22, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Understanding Medicare: Claims In general, Medicare provides a level of coverage that is fairly similar to what private health insurance plans offer. Here are some tips for getting the most from it. |
Financial Planning April 1, 2008 David E. Adler |
Your Retiring Clients' Biggest Fear How to pay for healthcare is the single biggest concern that people have approaching retirement. It's important for planners to understand this as well; not only for clients, but for themselves. |
Financial Planning April 1, 2006 Joan Warner |
A Prescription for Planners As clients assume a growing burden for healthcare costs, financial advisers will have to figure this expense into financial plans -- building more uncertainty and competing goals into the mix. |
Financial Planning April 1, 2007 Leif Wellington Haase |
To Our Health With healthcare costs continuing to spiral out of control, it's time for Americans to take a serious look at solutions. |
Financial Planning February 1, 2008 David Certner |
A Pain for Retirees A new policy on retiree healthcare benefits could leave millions with reduced coverage. |
Financial Advisor November 2010 David Armes |
What To Expect Understanding upcoming health-care reforms. |
Financial Planning April 1, 2010 Rick Kahler |
Healthcare on the Critical List Even if Congress does enact a new law, it seems that the same old problems will remain, at least for the next few years. So let's take a careful look at what's at stake. |
BusinessWeek February 21, 2005 Peter Coy |
Scared To Death Of Life Insurance Choosing the amount of coverage is hard. The trick is to think like an economist. |
On Wall Street June 1, 2012 Larry Barrett |
The Reality of Health Care Costs Too many Americans are counting on Medicare to pay for a high portion of their health care costs in retirement. Too many pre-retirees are either ignoring or underestimating the advice they could be receiving from a financial advisor. |
Registered Rep. September 20, 2012 Kevin McKinley |
Health Care Costs Are Making Clients Sick They say an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Yet when it comes to addressing client concerns about current and future health care costs, most financial advisors don't even offer even so much as a periodic check-up. |
Managed Care November 2001 |
Medicare+Choice Problems Chasing Away 58 Health Plans Medicare+Choice, the program that was supposed to ease the elderly into managed care, is itself suffering from the uneasiness of HMOs dissatisfied with payment rates... |