Medicare is a powerful health insurance program that currently serves over 50 million qualified Americans. In this course, the Instructors begin with the basics of Medicare. Learning some facts and simple strategies to successfully navigate the Medicare maze may well be the best use of anyone’s time.
Medicare is a powerful health insurance program that currently serves over 50 million qualified Americans. In this course, the Instructors begin with the basics of Medicare. Learning some facts and simple strategies to successfully navigate the Medicare maze may well be the best use of anyone’s time.
What you will be able to do at the conclusion of the course:
· Use the information learned to choose and enroll in a prescription drug plan (Part D).
· Know what your current hospital deductible (Part A) is and where to find information for all future changes in the hospital deductible.
· Know what your current annual medical deductible (Part B) is and where to find information for all future changes in the medical deductible.
· Determine the current medical premium (Part B) and know where to find information on yearly changes to the premium.
· Build a strong understanding of “Original Medicare” that allows the course participant to decide whether to purchase additional health insurance coverage through a supplemental plan or a managed care (Part C) plan.
This Medicare course contains over () lectures and () hours/minutes of content.
What makes this Medicare course unique is: (1) the Instructors are not selling health insurance and (2) the Instructors are blunt in their explanations and with the facts that they share.
In this video the Instructors welcome the student to the course and provide some intriguing opening facts about Original Medicare.
Here the instructors offer a quick overview of the history of Original Medicare, how it's funded and the basics of how it works.
Test your knowledge of this lecture!
Students will have an in-depth knowledge of enrollment in Part A, the costs of Part A and the types of benefits offered under the Part A - Hospital coverage.
Were you paying close attention in this Lecture? Take this Quiz on Part A - the Hospital Benefit and see!
Don't move on in the course until you have successfully completed this quiz on Part B - the Medical Benefit.
A quick summary and review of all covered in this course on Original Medicare, it's origins, history and how to make the most of it.
Links to more on Medicare, the instructors and what could come next.
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