Category: Medicare/Open Enrollment

How Will The Election Impact My Healthcare Coverage?

posted November 2016 by Dianne Savastano

The results of this month’s presidential election have caused concern about how healthcare will change. And while the specifics are still being worked out, changes in our healthcare system are sure to come. Understandably, many people are wondering how the objectives of the new administration will affect health coverage for themselves and their loved ones.… Read on…

Opportunity Awaits You

posted October 2016 by Dianne Savastano

Medicare Open Enrollment 2017 began earlier this month on October 15th. It continues through December 7th and allows any new choices you make to become effective on January 1, 2017. Medicare Open Enrollment makes it possible for you to be pro-active: to assess the suite of Medicare products you may be enrolled in and to… Read on…

Health Care Decisions: Black and White vs. Gray Areas

posted January 2016 by Dianne Savastano

Black and white scenarios are simple. They usually involve just one decision and there is some predictability in their outcome. Gray areas, on the other hand, involve several, often interconnected decisions and vary based on the preferences of the people involved as well as their particular circumstances. These scenarios are often unpredictable and can be… Read on…

Taming Healthcare’s Administrative Barriers (and the Frustration that Accompanies Them)

posted November 2015 by Dianne Savastano

As healthcare consumers manage illness or chronic disease, and as they access diagnostic testing or treatment, they often experience anxiety and fear about the potential of pain and the uncertainty of the future. On top of that, they are forced to live within the confines of their insurance policy, something which – often for the… Read on…