Maximize Your Medicare (2019 Edition): Understanding Medicare, Protecting Your Health, and Minimizing Costs

The 7th Edition of Maximize Your Medicare has new organization and is updated for 2019.
Medicare is the single most component of retirement planning in the U.S.

The Rules are Difficult
Enrollment Periods
Part A, Part B, Part D
Late Enrollment Penalties
Extra Help & Medicaid

Consumers Can Benefit
Enrollment rights in your favor
Changing plans is a good idea
Plan benefits are improving
Get the best out of each dollar

How to choose and what to choose will depend on a wide variety of factors. Even if people understand the rules of enrollment, there is the still why/how/when to select the proper plan to fit the situation.
Location of residence
Health situation
Private financial situation

In addition, many people face special situations, when the “normal” rules don’t apply.
Working beyond 65 years old
Retiree benefits cancelled
Requiring financial assistance

About the Author
Jae W. Oh, MBA, is a Certified Financial Planner(tm), Chartered Life Underwriter(r), and a Chartered Financial Consultant(r). He is the Managing Principal of GH2 Benefits, based in Ann Arbor, MI, with individual and commercial clients nationwide.
He is the Chair of the Great Humanity Healthcare Foundation, Inc, a 501(c)(3) organization that provides financial relief to insured persons saddled with medical debt.
Mr. Oh has served as expert panelist on a websited powered by Humana Inc., one of the nation’s largest providers of Medicare plans. He has been the frequent public speaker to large and small groups, including the State Bar of Michigan, colleges, companies, library systems, and senior centers. He is widely quoted in the national media on financial and Medicare topics.
He has a Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA) in Accounting and Finance from the University of Chicago, and a Bachelors of Arts (BA) degree in Economics and Political Science from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.