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Lighthearted Medicare advice and opinions from longtime expert Douglas B. Jones, CLU, RHU. Drawn from his book: Medicare for the Lazy Man (an Amazon best seller), Doug's advice provides a simple road map to the best Medicare insurance protection available on the market today!
Episodes
Wednesday Oct 08, 2025
Wednesday Oct 08, 2025
Medicare Advantage Minute segment: 7 Things You Can Do During AEP (Annual Election Period)
Your Medicare Benefits 2025: Principal Care Management Services
ANOC has arrived! Annual Notice Of Change is the legally required document that your drug plan is supposed to send during September. It is going to you about any changes in your plan, like costs or benefits, of which you should be aware.
What did my ANOC say? Tune in to find out....
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Inspired by:
"MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; SIMPLEST & EASIEST GUIDE EVER!"
"MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE"
"MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN: BARE BONES!"
For sale on Amazon.com. After enjoying the books, please consider returning to leave a short customer review to help future readers.
Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.
Sunday Oct 05, 2025
Sunday Oct 05, 2025
Medicare Advantage Minute article entitled "Why These Unique MA Plans are Poised for Popularity!"
Your Medicare Benefits 2025: "Yearly Wellness Visit"
The category selected for a deeper dive was the one entitled "Rates & Financial" We took a look at the current Plan G rate increases caused by our inflationary economy. By comparison, the rate increases given to high deductible plans are often $0 and rarely more than a token amount. This is one of the excellent benefits of High Deductible Plan G!
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Inspired by:
"MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; SIMPLEST & EASIEST GUIDE EVER!"
"MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE"
"MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN: BARE BONES!"
For sale on Amazon.com. After enjoying the books, please consider returning to leave a short customer review to help future readers.
Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.
Thursday Oct 02, 2025
Thursday Oct 02, 2025
The Fleetwood review of my newest book: "Medicare for the Lazy Man: BARE BONES" is a dire warning that it was written by (gulp) an INSURANCE AGENT! To quote the review: BEWARE!
Returning to format, we began with the Medicare Advantage Minute: BC/BS of Texas announced the cessation of sales commissions for all of their MA plans.
In the Your Medicare Benefits 2025 we address the Welcome to Medicare Preventive Visit and learn what is included as well as how Medicare will cover it.
Department of Corrections: A previous trivia item about the origin of the Pink Panther had to be corrected.
Finally, we dipped into the folder labelled "Correspondence" to enjoy some Q & A about two distinctly different situations. As an aside, both principals are now happy clients of mine, and I am happy to have them!
Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com
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Inspired by:
"MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; SIMPLEST & EASIEST GUIDE EVER!"
"MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE"
"MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN: BARE BONES!"
For sale on Amazon.com. After enjoying the books, please consider returning to leave a short customer review to help future readers.
Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.
Sunday Sep 28, 2025
Sunday Sep 28, 2025
But first, how about our regular episode segments?
Medicare Advantage Minute: Hospitals aren't the only ones stepping back from Medicare Advantage!
Your Medicare Benefits 2025: Preventive and screening services
From the Q & A folder we address the following subjects:
1) How are prescription drugs covered when one is in an emergency room? Hint: Toni King provided an answer but I believe she displayed a little bit of confusion by overlooking an important fact presented in the question.
2) Does Medicare cover annual (routine) physical examinations?
Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com
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Inspired by:
"MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; SIMPLEST & EASIEST GUIDE EVER!"
"MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE"
"MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN: BARE BONES!"
For sale on Amazon.com. After enjoying the books, please consider returning to leave a short customer review to help future readers.
Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.
Thursday Sep 25, 2025
Thursday Sep 25, 2025
Medicare Advantage Minute: Judge overturns rule limiting broker payments in Medicare Advantage plans.
Your Medicare Benefits 2025: Pressure reducing support surfaces.
The podcast producer gets to select the general source of content for the rest of the episode. The subject in question? The ten states with the highest rates of Alzheimer's Disease!
Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com
(Most severe critic: A+) Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG
Inspired by:
"MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; SIMPLEST & EASIEST GUIDE EVER!"
"MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE"
"MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN: BARE BONES!"
For sale on Amazon.com. After enjoying the books, please consider returning to leave a short customer review to help future readers.
Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.
Tuesday Sep 23, 2025
Tuesday Sep 23, 2025
Medicare Advantage Minute segment: "Elevance Health Cuts MA Footprint; Cuts Stand-Alone Medicare Drug Plans"
Your Medicare Benefits 2025: Prescription Drugs - Outpatient
If you are a member of a Medicare Advantage Plan or a Part D Prescription Drug Plan, an Annual Notice Of Change (ANOC) is headed your direction in the US Mail.
Don't throw your ANOC away without at least trying to read it! It will be your first warning of any potentially negative and expensive adjustments that your existing plan may make starting January 1st.
Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com
(Most severe critic: A+) Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG
Inspired by:
"MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; SIMPLEST & EASIEST GUIDE EVER!"
"MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE"
"MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN: BARE BONES!"
For sale on Amazon.com. After enjoying the books, please consider returning to leave a short customer review to help future readers.
Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.
Thursday Sep 18, 2025
Thursday Sep 18, 2025
There are deep rumblings in the Part D prescription drug plan arena as the Feds have meddled in free market insurance market once too often. The plans are in trouble and those who need to rely on them for security are having difficulty. They need help figuring out how to arrange the most advantageous protection at the best available cost. Soon, a newly discovered subscription service will help all who need it to fine-tune their prescription drug insurance.
In the Medicare Advantage Minute segment, we review the article entitled: "Are you unhappy with your MA plan? Here is some good news!"
In the Your Medicare Advantage 2025 segment we find out whether Medicare will pay for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV Prevention.
Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com
(Most severe critic: A+) Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG
Inspired by:
"MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; SIMPLEST & EASIEST GUIDE EVER!"
"MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE"
"MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN: BARE BONES!"
For sale on Amazon.com. After enjoying the books, please consider returning to leave a short customer review to help future readers.
Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.
Tuesday Sep 16, 2025
Tuesday Sep 16, 2025
Medicare Advantage Minute: UHC shareholders drop their legal efforts to force management to operate in a more transparent manner.
Your Medicare Benefits 2025: Pneumococcal Shots
Article: 7 Secrets To Get Good Customer Service By Phone
Finally: Stalker Susie successfully identified the best Part D drug plans for Mr. Susie and herself using my new book: Medicare Drug Plans; A Simple D-I-Y Guide! Now she would like clarification of the differences between the least costly plans everyone should be seeking and the wildly expensive plans that some others are enrolled in;
Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com
(Most severe critic: A+) Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG
Inspired by:
"MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; SIMPLEST & EASIEST GUIDE EVER!"
"MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE"
"MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN: BARE BONES!"
For sale on Amazon.com. After enjoying the books, please consider returning to leave a short customer review to help future readers.
Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.
Sunday Sep 14, 2025
Sunday Sep 14, 2025
Long-time client Ken has a need for life insurance but prefers to deal with an agent he knows. I suggested he visit MedicareForTheLazyMan.com to try the search and apply tool behind the "LIFE INSURANCE" button.
I think he would say it was an effective way to accomplish is task!
In the "Medicare Advantage Minute" segment it seems that United Healthcare shareholders are suing company execs for obfuscating the impact of the murder of CEO Thompson on the fiscal bottom line.
"Your Medicare Benefits 2025" teaches us that Physical therapy services WILL be covered by Medicare...most of the time,
Finally, enjoy the Wallethub quiz in which we learn which of the states is "hardest working"!
Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com
(Most severe critic: A+) Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG
Inspired by:
"MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; SIMPLEST & EASIEST GUIDE EVER!"
"MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE"
"MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN: BARE BONES!"
For sale on Amazon.com. After enjoying the books, please consider returning to leave a short customer review to help future readers.
Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.
Thursday Sep 11, 2025
Thursday Sep 11, 2025
In the Medicare Advantage Minute we learn a little something about the nation's largest provider of drugs to long term care facilities: CVS Omnicare. They seem to have defrauded themselves right into a $1 billion federal fine.
A very short "Your Medicare Benefits 2025" tells us how Medicare might handle charges for patient lifts.
As of this recording something around 20 states offer some sort of relief from Medicare supplement medical underwriting regulations. Of those, roughly 14 or 15 currently have "Birthday Rules".
Finally, American hospitals are grappling with a new problem: imposter nurses!
Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com
(Most severe critic: A+) Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG
Inspired by:
"MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2025; SIMPLEST & EASIEST GUIDE EVER!"
"MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE"
"MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN: BARE BONES!"
For sale on Amazon.com. After enjoying the books, please consider returning to leave a short customer review to help future readers.
Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.