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This report examines how Medicare beneficiaries are responding to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. The
findings are based on a nationwide survey of Medicare beneficiaries who purchased Medicare health insurance
products through eHealth. The survey was conducted on a voluntary basis between April 9 and 10, 2020, and a
total of 2,914 responses were collected. Highlights:
• More than half of Medicare beneficiaries feel that more should be done to protect those at risk: 52% of
respondents do not believe enough is being done to protect those at greater risk from coronavirus; 25% say
they know someone who has contracted the virus.
• Many Medicare beneficiaries are suffering from the economic fallout of the pandemic: 37% say they have
experienced a loss of income as a result of the coronavirus crisis.
• Many cannot afford the cost of coronavirus hospitalization: 46% say they could not afford the out-of-pocket
costs they would face if hospitalized.*
Nearly all Medicare beneficiaries are observing social distancing rules: 98% say they are socially isolating,
with 81% leaving their homes fewer than 3 times per week; 68% say they are using new technologies to stay in
touch with family and friends.
• Political differences lead to different judgements of the government’s response: 58% of likely Republican
voters say they have “high confidence” in the government’s response to the coronavirus crisis, compared to
7% of likely Democratic voters.
https://news.ehealthinsurance.com/_ir/68/20203/Medicare_Beneficiaries_Respond_to_COVID-19_An_eHealth_Survey.pdf

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Are you wondering where you can be tested for COVID-19?

Golden Years Design Benefits a local Medicare insurance agency is hosting a free Webinar. During the webinar, we will discuss a no-cost option on COVID-19 Testing and Monthly Concierge Telecare Service Safely from Your Home at No Cost.

To register for this no-cost service go to:
https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07eh0tei1ya17da333&oseq=&c=&ch=

Online Webinar is scheduled Thursday, April 16, 2020, at 10:30 AM EDT.

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Telehealth & related services
Medicare has temporarily expanded its coverage of telehealth services to respond to the current Public Health Emergency. These services expand the current telehealth covered services, to help you have access from more places (including your home), with a wider range of communication tools (including smartphones), to interact with a range of providers (such as doctors, nurse practitioners, clinical psychologists, and licensed clinical social worker). During this time, you will be able to receive a specific set of services through telehealth including evaluation and management visits (common office visits), mental health counseling and preventive health screenings without a copayment if you have Original Medicare. This will help ensure you are able to visit with your doctor from your home, without having to go to a doctor’s office or hospital, which puts you and others at risk of exposure to COVID-19.

You may be able to communicate with your doctors or certain other practitioners without necessarily going to the doctor’s office in person for a full visit. Medicare pays for “virtual check-ins”—brief, virtual services with your physician or certain practitioners where the communication isn't related to a medical visit within the previous 7 days and doesn’t lead to a medical visit within the next 24 hours (or soonest appointment available).
You need to consent verbally to using virtual check-ins and your doctor must document that consent in your medical record before you use this service. You pay your usual Medicare coinsurance and deductible for these services.
Medicare also pays for you to communicate with your doctors using online patient portals without going to the doctor’s office. Like the virtual check-ins, you must initiate these individual communications.
If you live in a rural area, you may use communication technology to have full visits with your doctors. The law requires that these visits take place at specified sites of service, known as telehealth originating sites, and get services using a real-time audio and video communication system at the site to communicate with a remotely located doctor or certain other types of practitioners. Medicare pays for many medical visits through this telehealth benefit.
https://www.medicare.gov/medicare-coronavirus

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