Medicare Pandemic Changes

Happy Thanksgiving everyone and, if there's one thing that we can all be thankful for in this pandemic year is that we all still have our health (and hopefully none of you who are reading this have tested positive).  In the spirit of this and the major objective of keeping our health, I thought it appropriate on this Thanksgiving to share today's edition of the PBS program WealthTrack, which bring us all up to date on the status of Medicare (for all us retirees) in this pandemic age.  Enjoy the remainder of your long holiday weekend.  

11-26-20 MEDICARE PANDEMIC CHANGES - A message from Consuelo - November 26, 2020

November 26, 2020 

Dear WEALTHTRACK Subscriber,

We are counting our blessings this Thanksgiving and are fortunate enough to be able to focus on our healthy families, friends, guests and WEALTHTRACK teammates. We hope that each one of you can celebrate similar outcomes in your circle. If you cannot we send our prayers to you and your loved ones and appreciate your effort to spend some of your precious time with us. 

If you or any relatives or friends are of Medicare age you will want to listen to this week’s guest on our podcast “MEDICARE PANDEMIC CHANGES”. 

According to Medicare benefits expert, Dr. Katy Votava COVID-19 has altered several aspects of Medicare coverage and procedures. She will tell us what’s different and how to take advantage of the changes. She will also help us meet the deadline for Medicare’s annual enrollment period which ends on December 7th and allows medicare beneficiaries to evaluate their Medicare Advantage Plans and part D, prescription drug plans and shift to different providers if it makes sense. 

Votava is a Medicare expert who advises individuals, small businesses and financial planners from her healthcare consulting business, GOODCARE.com. She is also the author of Making The Most Of Medicare: A Guide For Baby Boomers, now in its 7th edition and an Amazon bestseller. It is a straightforward, easy to navigate guide to Medicare which is a very complex multi-part system that frequently does warrant annual updating by its beneficiaries. An estimated 90 percent of Americans pay too much for their Medicare coverage. 

Especially for WEALTHTRACK viewers, Votava is offering a 25% discount on this valuable guide. You can click here to purchase the ebook. Just be sure to enter the discount code WT25.

In this first week of public television's holiday pledge drive we are reminded of the key role the Federal Reserve has been playing in the economy’s pandemic recovery and stock market rally. Dow 30,000 is now a reality! Accordingly we are revisiting a recent interview we did with Fed Watching for Fun & Profit author, Ed Yardeni. Yardeni, an influential economist and strategist reminds us that understanding Fed policy is key to predicting market behavior. It has enabled him to do so during the pandemic era. 

If you miss the show on public television, you can watch it on our website over the weekend.  You can also find the WEALTHTRACK podcast on Stitcher and SoundCloud as well as iTunes and Spotify.

Thanks so much for watching. Make the week ahead a healthy, profitable and productive one.

Best regards,

Consuelo