Posts Tagged Care Act
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Your Advocacy Connection – A New Way of Looking at Health Care
By Julie Arndt GolderCare Solutions We Solve Long Term Care Problems When we launched GolderCare in 2008, we were focused primarily on asset protection with a layer of care advocacy. Little did we know then how the Affordable Care Act would impact the overwhelming need for patient advocacy ...
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“Affordable” Care Act – A Real Misnomer
By Richard J. Schillig, CLU, ChFC, LUTCF Independent Insurance and Financial Advisor The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was initially passed into law in 2010, with various provisions gradually phasing in over the years. January 1, 2014 is an important date for implementation of this...
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Affordable Care Act Does Not Mean Cut Medicare
By Richard J. Schillig, CLU, ChFC, LUTCF Independent Insurance and Financial Advisor I hear everywhere about the Healthcare Reform law cutting Medicare benefits. Not true... just the opposite. The Affordable Care Act recently ruled constitutional by the Supreme Court actually strengthens Medica...
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“CLASS” is coming… at least for now…
By Richard J. Schillig, CLU, ChFC, LUTCF Independent Insurance and Financial Advisor A little-noticed provision of the Affordable Care Act creates a public option for long-term care insurance – the Community Living Assistance Services and Support Plan (CLASS). Under the current law, this will...
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Discount Prescription Card & Health Care Reform for Medicare Beneficiaries
By Richard J. Schillig, CLU, ChFC, LUTCF Independent Insurance and Financial Advisor Working with Medicare and all the issues involved with choices and costs, we came across another very important resource for Medicare and Pre-Medicare folks - free discount prescription cards. These cards are a...
