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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 Nov 02, 2025
Sunday Nov 02, 2025
Medicare Advantage Minute: Four Things to Know About the Medicare Prior Authorization Pilot Program. The existence of this experiment just might be the first step down a very slippery slope!
Your Medicare Benefits 2025: Rural Health Clinic Services
Concierge Medicine Explained
Ten Best & Worst States in Which to Find a Job!
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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.
Friday Oct 31, 2025
Friday Oct 31, 2025
Medicare Advantage Minute: Stop the Health Insurers' Raid on the Treasury!
Your Medicare Benefits 2025: Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Shot
Stalker Suzy reviews Hey Moe's Melinda Caughill's appearance on the MLM Podcast!
Prescription Drug Coverage Options are Shrinking for Medicare Shoppers
Ozempic & Wegovy are now sold at Sam's Club for $500, joining Costco, GoodRx and Novocare Pharmacy.
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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.
Friday Oct 31, 2025
Friday Oct 31, 2025
For the first time in history another Medicare expert joins us (via ZOOM) to shed some light on a complicated Medicare problem: How to select the best available prescription drug plan without having to deal with any annoying insurance agents!
We welcome Melinda Caughill from HeyMOE.com to explain their brand new service.
MOE stands for "Medicare Open Enrollment" and Hey is a call to action (I guess) so Hey MOE should be your signal to use the best plan selection tool in the business!
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.
Wednesday Oct 29, 2025
Wednesday Oct 29, 2025
Medicare Advantage Minute: 33 Health Systems are Dropping Medicare Advantage Plans! Why might this be? Cited reasons include prior authorization problems and slow payments!
Your Medicare Benefits 2025: Religious Nonmedical Healthcare Institution Items & Services
Vacation Report: Visitors to Arizona report having lots of fun in the sun. Let's hope they keep it under their hats after returning to the East Coast. It is getting crowded out here in the Sonoran Desert!
Alert listener Steve in Texas entered a comment under a Medicare instructional video indicating "he wouldn't trust a broker who does not recommend supplement High Deductible Plan G". Another viewer opined that HDG is not available in all locations. Steve came to the right place to set him straight!
Speaking of my favorite Medicare supplement plan, how have the HDG rate increases been lately?
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.
Monday Oct 27, 2025
Monday Oct 27, 2025
For the first time in history another Medicare expert joins us (via ZOOM) to shed some light on a complicated Medicare problem: How to select the best available prescription drug plan without having to deal with any annoying insurance agents!
We welcome Melinda Caughill from HeyMOE.com to explain their brand new service.
MOE stands for "Medicare Open Enrollment" and Hey is a call to action (I guess) so Hey MOE should be your signal to use the best plan selection tool in the business!
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 Oct 21, 2025
Tuesday Oct 21, 2025
Medicare Advantage Minute: The government will allow plan changes due to inaccurate Medicare Advantage network directory listings.
Your Medicare Benefits 2025: Radiation therapy
Humana announcement details year-end Medicare supplement rate increases for supplement plans in several states. Exactly as predicted by this podcaster, High Deductible Plan G proves to be the best deal of all!
Samples from the file containing the content curator's favorite category: Correspondence: Myrna asked about the cautionary statements on page 21 of "Medicare for the Lazy Man". The source of confusion had to do with the difference between Health Savings Accounts and Flexible Spending Accounts. Joe described "Medicare for the Lazy Man" as being very helpful but he still some reassurance after a "professional" advisor hired by his company made the assertion that "nobody buys High Deductible Plan G"! That guy gets paid more when people like Joe are forced to spend more.
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 Oct 19, 2025
Sunday Oct 19, 2025
Medicare Advantage Minute: A New Hampshire state official issues a dire assessment of the state of the Medicare Advantage market in his area of responsibility.
Your Medicare Benefits 2025: Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programs Hey MOE is a new subscription service that wants help you identify the very best Part D prescription drug plan available in your area. As often happens when two massive behemoths encounter each other, some negotiations are in order. However, we are close to agreeing on a guest appearance on this very podcast.
If you take expensive drugs and would like to scan reputable Canadian pharmacies to find out if you can save money, send a message. I will be happy to share my short list of websites that you can use for this purpose.
Finally, many congressmen are as opposed as we are to the government's proposed plan to add limited prior authorization regulations to Original Medicare. So far, nobody thinks this will be a good idea!
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 Oct 16, 2025
Thursday Oct 16, 2025
Medicare Advantage Minute: Nine Payers (Insurance Companies) Recently Fined by Various States
Your Medicare Benefits 2025: Prosthetic Devices
The Hey MOE (Medicare Open Enrollment) drug plan selection service is ready to pick out the best Part D drug plan available in your neck of the woods. The automated process is able to compare more variables than even the highly experienced Lazy Man team can do.
Finally, we review an article suggesting that claim denials are increasing. The statistics show that most providers are burdened by a growing level of scrutiny and regulation which suggests that insurance companies are tightening the screws.
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.
Wednesday Oct 15, 2025
Wednesday Oct 15, 2025
Medicare Advantage Minute: Medicare Advantage Legislation in Congress: 8 Bills to Watch
Your Medicare Benefits 2025: Prostate Cancer Screening
MY ANNUAL AEP ADDRESS TO THE NATION is ON THE AIR!
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 Oct 09, 2025
Thursday Oct 09, 2025
Medicare Advantage Minute: The Latest Trend Changing Medicare!
Your Medicare Benefits 2025: Principal Illness Navigation Services
Selections from the Q & A folder: Is it mandatory to sign up for Medicare?
If Medicare covers cataract surgery, why are there bills?
Enrolled in Part B too soon? Your Medicare fix is easier than you think!
BEHABBEN!
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.