Tag: Medigap

Most retirees manage to get by on less than they earned as workers. Yet they devote a much larger percentage of their income to medical care than working people. To limit their annual spending on care, retirees usually buy some type of insurance policy to help pay the bills Medicare does not cover. But a…

Thomas Uttormark When Thomas Uttormark turned 65 in 2010, he researched his Medigap options on the Medicare.gov website and chose a plan with a premium of around $100 a month. As his premium inched up over the next two years, he decided to apply to another insurance company to see if he could reduce t…