Dispelling Common Myths
If there's one nearly-universal truth about Obamacare -- the Affordable Care Act (ACA) -- it's that misinformation about it abounds, and most people don't actually understand what it is doing for them at all. Let's take a bit of time today to specifically dispel some tenacious myths about how the ACA is going to affect elderly Medicare recipients. Myth: Medicare Recipients Must Now Buy Additional Insurance There is a lot of language in the ACA and the talk about the ACA is how many people are going to have to buy new insurance. But if you're receiving Medicare already, you're covered. Medicare (and Medicare Advantage plans) already qualify for all of the ACA's new rules, so there's no need for you to do anything except reap the benefits of the new law. Myth: Medicare Recipients Will Have to Change Doctors This is best described as 'possibly partially true in a way,' actually. The deal is this: Medicare payouts to insurance companies with Medica...