By Cynthia Wilson If you’re a senior citizen or a primary caregiver of a senior who relies on Medicaid and Medicare coverage, don’t ignore what the Republicans and President Donald Trump have proposed in their health care plan. There’s a…
Tag: Medicare
Romney can’t keep promise that Medicare proposals won’t immediately affect seniors
By Cynthia Wilson Governor Mitt Romney hasn’t provided many details about how he will keep his promise to cut Medicare spending and prevent changes in coverage over the next 10 years. However, the one detail Romney has given, that he…
Posted in Medicare and Medicaid reform, News you should know Tagged with: aging, elderly, Medicare, ObamaCare, seniors
With long term care industry shrinking, could assisted living be next?
By Cynthia Wilson For months now I’ve been hearing that the long term care insurance industry is shrinking. Although long term care insurance is billed as a must-have to help protect senior citizens pay for extended care services, such as…
Posted in Caregiver tips, Medicare and Medicaid reform, News you should know, Uncategorized Tagged with: assisted living, long term care insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, nursing homes, senior care
Investment income tax practices hurt Medicare
By Cynthia Wilson Ever wonder how Medicare is funded? Medicare Part A hospital insurance is funded by payroll taxes. Americans automatically receive this coverage when they become 65 years-old. If you receive a paycheck or income from self-employment, you have…
Posted in Medicare and Medicaid reform, News you should know Tagged with: Bush Tax Cuts, capital gains, David Kock in favor of tax increase, Medicare, senior care
Romney attorney attempts to silence non-supportive Republicans at national convention
By Cynthia Wilson Yahoo News reported recently that several state delegations at the Republican national convention in Tampa, Fla. were pissed-off because Mitt Romney’s top attorney initiated a national Republican party rule change that would allow the GOP presidential candidate…
Posted in Medicare and Medicaid reform Tagged with: capital gains, elderly, Medicare, senior citizens
Ryan’s Medicare reform plus filial responsibility laws equal more debt for middle-class
By Cynthia Wilson Have you heard of filial responsibility laws? If you haven’t rest assured you will if vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan’s Medicare reform proposals become a reality. Currently 29 states and Puerto Rico have filial responsibility laws that…
Posted in Caregiver tips, Medicare and Medicaid reform Tagged with: filial responsibility, long-term care, Medicare, senior care
Voting is more important than ever for seniors
By Cynthia Wilson I took mom to vote yesterday. This cherished act is something a lot of seniors didn’t get to do this primarily election season for reasons ranging from an illness or disability to new voter identification laws that…
Posted in Medicare and Medicaid reform, Uncategorized Tagged with: long-term care, Medicaid, Medicare, Photo identification, voting
Ryan’s traditional option in Medicare reform no different than Obama’s public option
By Cynthia Wilson Do you remember when President Obama and the Democrats wanted to include a public option in the Affordable Care Act alongside insurance plans offered by private insurers? Republicans said doing so would undermine health care reform, enticing…
Posted in Medicare and Medicaid reform Tagged with: . disabled, Medicare, Medicare reform, Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act, Paul Ryan, senior citizens
The other economic costs to cutting funds for elder care and disability services
Another state is taking the ax too much needed elder care services. The Worcester.com reported today that Massachusetts has slashed funding for a senior care service program that helps keep elderly people out of nursing homes. The decision will increase…
Posted in Adult Day Care Tagged with: elderly, funding, Home care, Medicaid, Medicare, senior citizens
