22+ hour, 27+ min ago  (265+ words) Sophie Exdell manages San Diego's Health Insurance Counseling & Advocacy Program (HICAP), which helps beneficiaries make sense of the often-confusing changes that sometimes occur in Medicare. She has monitored the changes underway in the Medicare Advantage program in which members of…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (243+ words) Recent media coverage has suggested that people enrolled in both Medicare and Medi-Cal " referred to as dually eligible individuals " have limited options for their Medicare coverage. That claim is incorrect. What has changed under the state Department of Health Care…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (350+ words) Each year Medicare arranges an open enrollment period when seniors have the option to change or retain their existing Medicare plan. The options can be confusing. Solana Beach Community Connections presents a program to inform seniors so that they can…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago  (395+ words) Blue Shield of California and the University of California announced a new agreement Tuesday afternoon that both sides say will maintain patient access to university facilities statewide, a development that affects an estimated 40,000 enrollees in San Diego County. Though the…...