Insurance Blog Week in Review – Week of April 15-21, 2012

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Jen Thorpe

Every week, the Insurance Blog Week in Review gives you a quick and easy way to “ketchup” on everything that hit the blog in the past seven days. There can be anywhere between 12 and 14 blogs that will appear. What did you miss this week? My Quest to Find Affordable Health Insurance is Finished Finally! I have found a health insurance policy that I can actually afford! I review the steps from uninsured, (when I lost my job and my health insurance in 2009), to insured in 2012. The Insurance Podcast Roundup went up on April 16, 2012. This … Continue reading →

Seniors in Doughnut Hole Likely to Stop Heart Drugs

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Jen Thorpe

The Medicare “doughnut hole” is the name given to a situation where seniors suddenly find themselves without coverage for their medications. A study finds that when seniors reach this annual gap, they are most likely to stop taking their heart related medications. There are four parts to Medicare. Part D is the one that provides coverage for prescription medications. Seniors who become eligible for Medicare are able to get Part A right away, and might also be able to sign up for Part B at that time. To get Part D, a senior has to seek out this sort of … Continue reading →