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		<title>Medicare in 1966:  Into the Heart of Darkness!</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2013/05/23/medicare-in-1966-into-the-heart-of-darkness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 15:36:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/?p=946</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Legislation creating Medicare was passed in 1965 and enrollment began one year later, in 1966.  Nobody knew if Medicare would be a success or failure. Would seniors enroll in the program? Would doctors and hospitals participate? Would the country be destroyed by this socialist program? Five thousand people were hired by the government to go [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are doctors opting out of Medicare?</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2013/05/17/are-doctors-opting-out-of-medicare/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2013/05/17/are-doctors-opting-out-of-medicare/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 16:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/?p=944</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;My friend told me lots of doctors are no longer taking Medicare patients&#8221;. This is a statement I have heard from quite a few people who are turning 65 and signing up for Medicare.  The truth is that over 90% of doctors accept Medicare, and probably 99.9% of hospitals accept Medicare patients.  A while ago [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preventive Screening Bills: Colonoscopy</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2013/05/15/preventive-screening-bills-colonoscopy/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2013/05/15/preventive-screening-bills-colonoscopy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 15:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care billing mistakes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obamacare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Preventive services]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/?p=940</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Preventives screenings are covered by Medicare and they are covered by all health insurance plans as a result of Obamacare.  This means a person should have no co-pay and no deductible cost when getting a preventive screening test.  So what should you do if you get a bill? Last week I wrote about how a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Outrageous Hospital Bill: $126,241.67</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2013/05/10/outrageous-hospital-bill-126241-67/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2013/05/10/outrageous-hospital-bill-126241-67/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 15:35:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hospital bills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare Advantage]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[medicare outpatient surgery]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/?p=936</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A front page story in many newspapers this week was about a government report showing outrageous hospital charges across the country. We are supposed to be shocked that getting medical care in a hospital is a lot like buying a used car. If you have insurance, you get a pretty good price. If you have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medicare Free Preventive Screenings</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2013/05/08/medicare-free-preventive-screenings/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2013/05/08/medicare-free-preventive-screenings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 16:04:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicare arizona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicare colonoscopy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicare help]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicare preventive screening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicare preventive services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicare tucson]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/?p=932</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Preventive screenings are covered by Medicare at no cost to the patient, but sometimes there will be a bill to pay.  A colonoscopy is the example I use with my clients to explain how &#8220;free&#8221; tests and procedures sometimes turn out not to be free. Last month, a client called me to complain about a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medicare Annual Wellness Visit</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2013/05/07/medicare-annual-wellness-visit/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2013/05/07/medicare-annual-wellness-visit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 15:57:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arizona medicare supplements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicare advantage arizona]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[tucson medicare advantage]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/?p=931</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Medicare now covers an annual &#8220;Wellness&#8221; visit to a primary care physician at  no cost to the patient. But, as with the &#8220;Welcome to Medicare&#8221; visit, the list of what is covered &#8220;for free&#8221; is very limited. Anything beyond the list (provided below) will result in a bill. Medicare.gov provides the following information: Yearly &#8220;Wellness&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to Medicare Visit</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2013/05/06/welcome-to-medicare-preventive-visit/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2013/05/06/welcome-to-medicare-preventive-visit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 17:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicare arizona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicare preventive screening]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[welcome to Medicare]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/?p=930</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When people first begin their Medicare coverage, they get a free &#8220;Welcome to Medicare&#8221; visit with a primary care doctor.  This preventive screening visit might not be important to someone who has had health insurance and has seen their primary care physician every year or two. But I meet quite a few people who have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medicare:  Help with Drug Costs</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2013/05/01/medicare-help-with-drug-costs/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2013/05/01/medicare-help-with-drug-costs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 17:51:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicare help arizona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare low income subsidy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicare savings program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[part d help]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/?p=928</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently wrote about getting help with the Medicare Part B premium and drug costs. These programs are called the Medicare Savings Program (MSP) and the Low Income Subsidy (LIS).   Medicare beneficiaries with income below $1,313 per month  (individual) or $1,765 (married couple) can apply for help through their state Medicaid office.  But people with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help for Medicare Costs</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2013/04/27/help-for-medicare-costs/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2013/04/27/help-for-medicare-costs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 18:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ahcccs and medicare]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[medicare extra help]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/?p=925</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Low-income Medicare beneficiaries get help with their Medicare Part B premium and their prescription drug costs.  Income levels that qualify for help have been raised for 2013. Anyone on Medicare with monthly income below $1,313 (individual) or $1,765 (married couple) can get help through the Medicare Savings Program, which is funded by the federal government, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turning 65, Medicare, Junk Mail</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2013/04/24/turning-65-medicare-junk-mail/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2013/04/24/turning-65-medicare-junk-mail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicare advantage tucson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicare insurance agents tucson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicare supplements tucson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tucson medicare advantage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[turning 65 medicare tucson]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/?p=923</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are turning 65 in the next four months, you are getting lots of mail from Medicare Advantage plans and Medicare supplement companies. Not all of this mail is junk, but some pieces have some questionable information in them. Anne is turning 65 in June. She showed me some of the materials she has [...]]]></description>
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