I have sleep apnea and when I retired I was concerned that I wouldn't get the supplies that I need when I switched to Medicare. Since enrolling in Medicare Advantage, I get the supplies every…
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Senior Stories
I Have Sleep Apnea And Medicare Advantage Helps Me Get The Care I Need
December 12, 2016 Senior Stories
Medicare Advantage Covers My Multiple Chronic Conditions in the Most Affordable Manner for Me
December 12, 2016 Sharon McKelvey, Elk Grove, California Medicare Advantage covers my multiple chronic conditions in the most affordable manner for me. The 20 percent co-pay with traditional Medicare would have bankrupted me in less than a year.…
Senior Stories
Medicare Advantage Makes It Possible for My Wife and I To Have Free Home Nurse Visits and Therapy
December 12, 2016 My wife Wanda suffers from dementia and palsy and is bedridden. I have IBM (inclusion body myositis) and am limited in mobility. Medicare Advantage makes it possible for my wife and I to have free…
Senior Stories
My Late Husband Steve Had a Very Treatment-resistant Thyroid Cancer
December 12, 2016 Because of our Providence Medicare Advantage Plan, he was given the best treatment throughout his battle with cancer. We didn’t need to worry about how we could afford all of his care and many of…
Medicare fixes for ACA — keep the good stuff
November 17, 2016
Originally published in The Hill The results of last week’s election are still reverberating throughout the country, with dramatic changes proposed in almost every aspect of American public policy. Top of the agenda for the…
Advancing Evidence-based Approaches to Falls Prevention Among Older Adults
September 22, 2016
These are words that strike terror in our hearts- “she’s had a fall”. Falling is not a part of normal aging. And yet, one in three people over the age of 65 report a fall.…