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SOS: Speaking of Seniors – An Observer Comments

SOS: Speaking of Seniors - An Observer Comments

On Friday, October 16, 2015, my friend Delano Scaife observed me for five hours as an assignment from his college professor. Delano works for the Lake County (Indiana) sheriff’s office. He was wounded and takes a college class while he recovers.

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SOS: Speaking of Seniors – Helped Gary Woman

SOS: Speaking of Seniors - Helped Gary Woman

A new client made a mistake before she came to our insurance agency. The mistake started costing her money – two insurance premiums every month.

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SOS: Speaking of Seniors – Please, Take the Money!

SOS: Speaking of Seniors - Please, Take the Money!

On September 21, 2015, I worked on a medical bill problem for a client from Valparaiso, Indiana. She sent me a copy of a bill and asked me if she should pay the bill. She bought a very good Medicare supplement insurance policy through our insurance agency. I investigated why she was getting a bill and learned that she should not be getting a bill.

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Dr. Alveda King and Woodrow Wilcox

SOS: Speaking of Seniors - Dr. Alveda King’s Warning

Dr. Alveda King recently explained that her father was the younger brother of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and that the prolife values came from her grandfather Dr. Martin Luther King, Sr. She explained the racist roots of the pro-abortion movement and its history.

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SOS: Speaking of Seniors – End Unfair Medical Billing

SOS: Speaking of Seniors - End Unfair Medical Billing

Isn’t it unfair that two people are billed at different rates for the very same medical services? I think so. But, that is the system that we have now.

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SOS: Speaking of Seniors – Ask Candidates These Questions!

SOS: Speaking of Seniors - Ask Candidates These Questions!

For over a dozen years, I have helped senior citizens with Medicare related medical bill problems. In less than eight years, I saved clients of the insurance agency where I work over one million dollars by fighting mistakes in the Medicare system. You know that my heart is for helping senior citizens. But, we don’t know the hearts of many candidates who are asking seniors for their votes

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SOS: Speaking of Seniors – A ‘Keystone Cops’ Claim System

SOS: Speaking of Seniors - A ‘Keystone Cops’ Claim System

On September 9, 2015, I helped a client resolve problems with $1,375.93 of unpaid medical bills. The total was a combination of three bills on three dates from one hospital in Chicago.

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SOS: Speaking of Seniors – Feds Win, Seniors Lose

SOS: Speaking of Seniors - Feds Win, Seniors Lose

In 2009, under the Obama administration, legal definitions were changed about when a senior citizen was in a hospital as an “in-patient” or an “out-patient”. The difference is that as an “out-patient”, the senior gets no help with the cost of medicines while in a hospital. That caused the problem of “Self-Administered Drugs”.

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Indiana State Capitol (Photo credit: Daniel Schwen)

SOS: Speaking of Seniors - Maybe I Should Run for Governor?

Maybe I should run for governor. As a candidate, I could talk about issues that affect senior citizens more freely. I could describe proposals to help protect both senior citizens and others from medical billing fraud. Stopping just that would save Indiana citizens and government millions of dollars per year.

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SOS: Speaking of Seniors – Hospital Lost the Check

SOS: Speaking of Seniors - Hospital Lost the Check

Since May of this year, I have been helping a senior citizen client from Portage, Indiana. She had medical bills from a hospital in Illinois. On March 1, 2015, the client switched from one insurance company to another. That did not complicate her billing. But, it did complicate my work of tracking the billing problem.

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