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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
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?
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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!
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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.
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
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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 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
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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 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
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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 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!
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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.
Tuesday Sep 09, 2025
Tuesday Sep 09, 2025
Johns Hopkins made the final break with United Healthcare provider networks: Medicare Advantage Minute
How about Pancreas Transplants? That is today's subject in our segment: Your Medicare Benefits 2025
Who has been given credit for shutting down a $10 billion Medicare fraud scheme having to do with skin substitutes? Why, everyone's favorite president, that's who! No, not Ronald Reagan!
For those who are financially strapped and need some relief from Medicare premium costs, I recommend the MSP: Medicare Savings Plan! It might be the answer, if you can meet the qualifications.
Finally, when I look at the list of potential guests who are available to join us for an episode, I only see a whole lot of wackiness.
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 07, 2025
Sunday Sep 07, 2025
Medicare Advantage Minute: A reliable new study indicates that there is a growing level of dissatisfaction with MA plans.
Your Medicare Benefits 2025: Pain Management is the subject for this episode.
Finally, we present a list of sources of assistance with Medicare information and enrollment.
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 02, 2025
Tuesday Sep 02, 2025
What small North Carolina Medicare Advantage plan is having to pony up a big fine? Find out in the "Medicare Advantage Minute" segment where we learn that this local MA plan has admitted to fraudulent enrollments and identity theft.
No wonder my opinion of these plans is that they constitute criminal conspiracies!
In the "Your Medicare Benefits 2025" segment, we learn how Medicare will cover Oxygen equipment and accessories.
Of course, Hank Hill sold "propane and propane accessories but that is not quite the same at all.
Should you get a Medicare broker? The answer you have been waiting for is "YES"!
Find out why during the last half of this episode!
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.