Consumer Reports Health: Seven Ways to Avoid Medicare Traps and Costly Blunders

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Consumer Reports Health and NCQA Publish Free Rankings of 183 Medicare Advantage HMOs, Plus Free Rankings of 104 Medicaid Plans

YONKERS, N.Y., Nov. 1, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- If you're about to turn 65, you'll be part of the first wave of baby boomers signing up for Medicare. Consumer Reports Health recommends signing up as early as three months ahead of your birthday. Failing to do so could potentially cost you thousands of dollars down the road. That's one of seven tips for navigating the Medicare maze available in the December issue of Consumer Reports and online at www.ConsumerReportsHealth.org.

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Consumer Reports Health: Seven Ways to Avoid Medicare Traps and Costly Blunders

"If you don't stay on top of the process when you first sign up, you can blunder into decisions that could lock you out of certain types of coverage, costing you thousands in extra premiums and out- of-pocket costs," said Nancy Metcalf, senior program editor, Consumer Reports Health. "Medicare is filled with traps so it's well worth your time to dig into the ...

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