Scenario: Your Uncle Bud is going to turn 65 in three months. He is self-employed and has owned his own home-building business for the past 40 years. He has purchased his own health insurance plan through an independent agent for more than 20 years. Now that he will be eligible for Medicare, he wants to know more about the program. He saw a commercial about Medicare on TV that suggested viewers visit https://www.medicare.gov. Links to an external site.
Uncle Bud went to the Medicare website, but there was so much information and unfamiliar terminology that he became frustrated and quit. He asked a few of his friends who were on Medicare how they chose their plans, and they said they just signed up for the “simple plan” rather than choosing something else that “might not be quite right.”
Your mother told your Uncle Bud that you were in a health-related major at university, so he called you for some advice.
Assignment deliverable:
Prepare “Medicare Choices for Uncle Bud” grid. Your grid should be detailed and include the following: cost, deductible(s), copayment(s), examples of covered services, and any other details you think are essential. It is also important that you make sure the grid is easy for Uncle Bud to understand. In addition, provide your uncle with a list of helpful (and easy to understand) websites or other services that he may want to use to help him make his decision. The assignment will be graded on the information and details included, organization, grammar, and spelling.
This assignment is worth 30 points.
Refer to this sample on what your grid should include.
Topic
Medicare Part A
Medicare Part B
Medicare Advantage
Medicare Part D
Coverage
Premium
Deductible
Copayment
