5 Tips to Pick Your Best Medicare Plan

Oct 27, 2023
Meaghan Puglisi
1-min Read

Joel Theisen, BSN, RN, CEO of Lifespark weighed in on the Annual Open Enrollment season with his opinion on the process in an article in MarketWatch. The health care choice is important but changing for the 60 million Americans on Medicare. 2023 was the first year most seniors opted for Medicare Advantage over traditional Medicare, with 30.8 million selecting the privately managed plans.

After seeing both sides of the health care selection process as a son and CEO of a complete senior health company, Joel offers a few tips to help simplify the shopping for a Medicare or Medicare Advantage plan. Read on for his tips and perspective…

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