MEDICARE HARMED NEW CLIENT

S. O. S. – SPEAKING OF SENIORS

MEDICARE HARMED NEW CLIENT

By Woodrow Wilcox

A senior citizen woman read one of my articles and decided to become a client of the insurance agency where I work. Then, she had a problem with a Medicare related bill not getting paid. Now, her case is the subject of an article by me. The woman is from Munster, Indiana.

The woman phoned me to tell me about the problem. I told her what papers I needed her to send to me for my review.

When I got the papers, I contacted the woman’s insurance company. She has a Medicare supplement policy with United World Life Insurance Company. That is a subsidiary of Mutual of Omaha companies. So, she had a policy with a very good company.

My conversation with a representative of that company revealed that MEDICARE NEVER SENT THE CLAIM TO THE INSURANCE COMPANY FOR PROCESSING.

Medicare goofs like that often. Don’t blame the insurance company for not paying a claim that it never got from Medicare.

How do I help a client in such a situation? I connect the dots that Medicare missed. I sent to the insurance company essential information that I got from the client about the claim. Once the insurance company has certain essential information, it can legally process and pay on the claim.

If Obama and his allies in Congress impose a national health care system like that of Medicare on the nation, then millions more people will start to have unpaid medical bill problems like senior citizens have had for years.

Note: Woodrow Wilcox is the senior medical bill problem solver at Senior Care Insurance Services in Merrillville, Indiana. That is the largest senior citizen oriented insurance agency in the Midwest. For other articles or videos by Wilcox, visit www.medicareproblems.net, www.woodrowwilcox.com, and www.woodrowwilcox.tv.

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Written on November 10, 2009 by

Woodrow Wilcox

Wilcox News Service

Photos from the 11/05 House Call Press Conference and Lobbying

Folks gathering for the rally, crowd too wide for lens to capture.

A sea of concerned citizens at the Bachmann Press Conference.

Citizen lobbyists waiting for the chance to see Congressman Tom Perriello (VA-5) and express their disapproval for the hastily written HR 3962 Government takeover of health care.

Constituents confront Congressman Connolly's Communications Director George Burke as he dissembles about the health care bill. Congressman Connolly was AWOL in "meetings" all day.

Part of a small group of counter demonstrators fighting to take away our health care freedoms. Medicare has more percent fraud and denies more percentage of claims than private insurance. So the guys with the higher fraud and claims denial are going to show private insurance how to be better??? Huh?

Last minute Changes in Thursday Capitol Rally

Due to the anticipation of a very large crowd, the location has been moved to the WEST steps of the Capitol. The best metro stop is still Capitol South. To give you an idea of the scale, 26 bus loads of people are coming from New Jersey alone.

As a result of the large crowds, they strongly encouraged people to plan on arriving early to find parking and get to the Capitol.

Remember to be respectful, professional, but firm on where you stand on health care.

Other details remain the same:

Gerry Connolly constituents, Mychelle Brickner, former Fairfax County School Board Member, will be leading the 11^th District Delegation and will have a “Connolly” sign in the vicinity of the “Virginia” sign above. Bring a bring a letter or letters telling your Congressman to vote no on the Health Care Bill regardless of amendments. This bad bill cannot be repaired. If you cannot make it to DC for whatever reason, on Thursday drop a letter off at his Annandale office located at 4115 Annandale Rd # 103, Annandale, VA. In either case, make sure that the staff member notes that you came in opposition to the Health Care Bill.

· The Virginia Delegation will meet at 11:30am on the West steps of the Capitol. Look for the "Virginia" sign. The sign is a VERTICAL "political convention style" sign, it is just like what they use at conventions and has three sides so it can be seen from all sides. Marshall Smith will be holding the sign.

· Michelle Bachman will give her speech at noon on the Capitol Steps.

· Afterward, we can go visit our senators first, and then our representatives (for those who refused to meet with us behind Longworth Bldg)

· Tricia Stall has arranged for us to hopefully meet with some of our Virginia Congressman. Congressman Whitman is confirmed at 2:30 to meet with us all outside behind Longworth building, since we all wouldn't fit in his office. Behind Longworth there is a park at the corner of New Jersey St. and C Street. The park can be reached by walking down S. Capital St. or New Jersey Street. It is a grassy area with a fountain and benches and suitable for a large gathering. We will meet there at 2:30. We will wait to see who else meets with us during that time. She has invited other Representatives and Senators.

Stop Government Takeover of Health Care Rally Capitol Steps Nov.5 Noon.

On Hannity, last week Congressman Michele Bachmann (R-Minnesota, 6th District) announced that she will be on the steps of the Capitol Building in Washington DC on Thursday, November 5, 2009 at noon to confront Nancy Pelosi and other members of Congress.

She is asking for other concerned Americans to come to Washington DC next week to protest the socialist health care bill being forced on the American public. She stated that many Democrats are on the fence and need to hear from their constituents.

Michele wants everyone not in favor of the health care bill to walk the halls of Congress and tell the Senators and Representatives they do not want the health care plan. She said she would like for all who come to Congress to make sure they visit the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, and tell her what to do with her health care plan.

Northern Virginia Tea Party will be there, RSVP on the form on the right. We will notify you of the exact meeting location by email.

S. O. S. – SPEAKING OF SENIORS SAVED HOBART MAN OVER $1000

S. O. S. – SPEAKING OF SENIORS

SAVED HOBART MAN OVER $1000

By Woodrow Wilcox

A senior citizen client asked for help on a hospital bill. The man is from Hobart, Indiana. I helped him.

The bill balance was $1,103.66. The client has a good Medicare supplement insurance policy with Bankers Fidelity Life Insurance Company. That is a good insurance company.

I checked with the insurance company. Medicare never delivered the claim information to the client’s insurance company. The hospital wanted its money, of course.

To help our client, I wrote a letter to the hospital that explained that Medicare failed to send the claim information to the client’s insurance company. Then, I asked the hospital to send the essential information directly to the insurance company to correct the billing problem that Medicare had created.

When the hospital does what I asked, the insurance company will have the information that it needs to legally process the claim. This should eliminate the $1,103.66 bill problem that the client had.

This medical bill problem solving assistance is free to clients of this insurance agency. The owners, managers, and staff of this insurance agency really do care about our senior citizen clients. This commitment to service is one of the reasons that this insurance agency has become the largest senior citizen oriented insurance agency in the Midwest.

Here is something to consider. If Obama and his allies in Congress impose a national health care system that is modeled on the Medicare system, then everyone in America will start to have the type of medical bill problems that this client experienced.

Note: Woodrow Wilcox is the senior medical bill problem solver at Senior Care Insurance Services in Merrillville, Indiana. To check other articles or videos by Wilcox, visit www.medicareproblems.net, www.woodrowwilcox.com, and www.woodrowwilcox.tv.

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Written on October 26, 2009 by

Woodrow Wilcox

Wilcox News Service

Northern Virginia Tea Party Protests Republican Newt Gingrich for Supporting Dede Scozzafava, a left-wing Acorn-backed "Republican"

Republican former Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich has endorsed Dede Scozzafava, a left-wing Acorn-backed "Republican", against Doug Hoffman, a conservative. Read this article for more details.

http://washingtonindependent.com/64135/club-for-growth-knocks-gingrich-over-scozzafava-endorsement

Numerous conservative and anti-tax groups are supporting Hoffman. NorthernVirginiaTeaParty.com does not endorse candidates, but we do hold supposed conservative leaders accountable.

Our protest was held at Newt's will be book signing at BOOK-A-MILLION, 1451 Chain Bridge Road, McLean, VA 22101 Saturday, October 24th from 1:30-4:00 PM.

MEDICARE MESSED MEDICAL BILL OF MERRILLVILLE WOMAN

. O. S. – SPEAKING OF SENIORS

MEDICARE MESSED MEDICAL BILL OF MERRILLVILLE WOMAN

By Woodrow Wilcox

Every day, I help senior citizens with medical bill problems that were caused by mistakes made by Medicare and/or the Veterans Administration medical clinics.

There are several possible causes of errors made by the federal government that cause senior citizens and veterans problems. The main source of error is the electronic data systems.

The federal government’s electronic data system causes the most problems. The system relies on telephone lines and satellite uplinks and downlinks for sending and receiving information about senior citizens, their identities, and their medical bills.

When there is a problem with the system, data becomes distorted or lost. When that happens, the medical bills of senior citizens on Medicare don’t get paid correctly or at all.

If Obama and his allies in Congress impose a national health care system on everyone, then everyone can expect these kinds of problems with their medical bills. I have helped senior citizens to correct bills of a few dollars and of over $200,000.

For over six years, I have helped senior citizens with Medicare billing problems and have written over 100 articles about such problems. Many of the articles can be read at www.medicareproblems.net.

Following is an excerpt of a letter that I sent to one of our clients after checking on an unpaid medical bill which caused her worry.

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The bill for $63.68 from St. Mary Medical Center was received by your Medicare supplement insurance company on October 15.

The federal government’s Medicare system FAILED TO SEND THE BILLING INFORMATION TO YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY by the normal means of “electronic crossover” which is a high-tech “email” system.

Your insurance company was able to obtain a “hard” (paper) copy of the claim on October 15 and is processing the claim now. The insurance company has up to 30 days to process a claim once it receives it.

I wanted you to know that we checked on this bill for you and that you should allow some time for your insurance company to process this claim.

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Note: Woodrow Wilcox is the senior medical bill problem solver at Senior Care Insurance Services in Merrillville, Indiana. That is the largest senior citizen oriented insurance agency in the Midwest. Wilcox has saved senior citizens over $600,000 by canceling wrongful medical bills that were caused by errors made by the federal Medicare and/or Veterans Administration health care systems. For other articles or videos by Wilcox, visit www.medicareproblems.net, www.woodrowwilcox.com, and www.woodrowwilcox.tv.

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Written on October 20, 2009 by

Woodrow Wilcox

Wilcox News Service