Medicare changes coming for seniors
posted on August 06, 2010Friday, July 30, marks the 45th anniversary of the Medicare program. On this date in 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Medicare and Medicaid bill into law in the presence of former President Harry Truman, who received the first Medicare card at the ceremony. Nearly 19 million beneficiaries followed Truman and enrolled in Medicare in the first year of the program. Today more than 45 million Americans are enrolled, including an estimated 95,161 in Fulton County, making Medicare the nation’s largest health insurance program. While Medicare has evolved in many…Read More
Possible Scam Targeting Medicare Seniors
posted on August 06, 2010Police said someone is targeting senior citizens trying to milk them out of their savings. One woman in Robertson County said she refused to become a victim when scammers threatened her medicare. Sarah Davenport lives in the middle of nowhere, but somehow scammers found her number, address, and the fact that she has medicare. You could say Sarah Davenport lives in the middle of, well, nowhere. Finding her house is challenging enough, so how did someone find her number, address and that she has medicare? "She said, 'I need to…Read More
Medicare Gets New Lease On Life; Social Security Program Remains Healthy
posted on August 05, 2010The new health care law has significantly improved the prognosis for Medicare, extending the life of its trust fund by 12 years until 2029, and thereby delaying any need for dramatic changes in benefits or revenues, according to a new report. The annual check-up from government actuaries overseeing the nation's two central safety-net programs also found that Social Security continues to be much less of a problem than Medicare, and will remain in strong financial shape at least through 2037. "The financial outlook for the Medicare program is substantially improved…Read More
