Tag: Medicare Rights Center
![Businessman in office talking on phone](https://crr.bc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/iStock-1158791616-1536x864.jpg)
He is a one-time heart surgery patient and vulnerable to COVID. She has to take her medication religiously twice a day to prevent a blood pressure spike. Mr. and Mrs. Quader. Source: Medicare Rights Center. During the pandemic, Mr. and Mrs. Quader of Brooklyn, New York, got a notice that the health care subsidy they…
![medicare art](https://crr.bc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/medicare-art.png)
The United States has a notoriously complex healthcare system, and Medicare is no different. In the early months of the pandemic, the Medicare Rights Center received a large number of calls to its telephone help line from people over 65 who had suddenly been laid off and lost their employer coverage. Even when there isn’t…