America's Healthcare Challenge

America's Healthcare Challenge

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America's Healthcare Challenge episodes

  • How the ACA Affects the Senior Marketplace in 2017
    1. Healthcare costs for seniors in 2017: How do the numbers look?
    2. Signing up for Medicare: Steps to take:
    A. What must YOU do?
    B. What do the Parts Cover?
    C. For High Earners - how are they affected by higher Medicare premiums?
    D. Are we moving toward a Premium Support System?
    3. Health Care costs and Retirement decisions:
    A. When should I retire?
    B. If I could still work - should I?
    C. Retiree Health Insurance Plans: disappearing from the workplace.
    4. Using the Web and doing Research Before Serious Medicare care is undertaken:
    A. Using Google for medical advice.
    B. Using a Telemedicine benefit - Should I?
    C. Searching for Quality Hospital Care - Medicare.gov., Hospital Compare, RX Comparison sites. Medicare .gov. for physician quality ratings.
    5. Drivers of Medicare Spending: Doctors doing more tests in their offices.
    6. Hospital Care Concerns; Observation Care, other "medically necessary care"
    54 min

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America's Healthcare Challenge w/ Sean McGuire is a talk show and podcast covering healthcare policy and how it affects insurance, Medicare and employee benefits. Previous guests include US Senators,…