Category: Living Well

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Can You Lower Your Blood Pressure Without Drugs?

Can You Lower Your Blood Pressure Without Drugs? Hello friends … I hope this finds you in good health with your Medicare Coverage working properly. Plato wants you to know he is excited for the cooler weather, Halloween, and all the candy he can scrounge. Meanwhile, the rest of us are worried sick about Hurricane […]

There Is No Them – Only Us

There is no them – only us … “A new consciousness is developing which sees the earth as a single organism and recognizes that an organism at war with itself is doomed.” ― Carl Sagan “There Is No Them – There is only us.” Anthony Bourdain Anthony Bourdain was an accomplished chef, writer, TV host, and […]

This Changes Everything

As a Medicare Insurance Broker, I speak with clients regularly and hear the stories of loved ones dying. We all are going to die; everyone we know will eventually die as well.  End of life planning can help. How we frame this experience can make a huge difference. One of the best pieces of advice […]

Coffee Ain’t Bad

May this note find you in good health with your Medicare Insurance working properly. It’s rare to hear good news about things we do actually being good for you but… A recent New York Times article describes the benefits that coffee can provide, possibly reducing your risk of sudden death by almost 30 percent if […]

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Review Your Property and Casualty Insurance

Review Your Property and Casualty Insurance Hey, it’s Karl with the Big 65 and I hope you are having a great week. Plato and I are in Boulder, Colorado, and at the end of May, we’ve had about 12 inches of snow. Today, I want to talk about reviewing your homeowner’s property and casualty and […]

Try New Things

Try New Things! I hope this note finds you well and in good spirits with your Medicare coverage working properly. If it isn’t, or you’re tired of working with the faceless insurance call centers (where you are just a number), Book a time on my calendar to get concierge Medicare insurance service. Spring has finally […]

Medicare and International Travel

Hello everyone, it’s Karl with The Big 65 Medicare Insurance Services and I hope you’re having a great week! Today’s topic, Medicare and international travel. This morning, a client let me know of an upcoming trip to Italy. He wanted to know if Medicare would cover him or would it be necessary to purchase additional […]

Watch Out For Skilled Nursing Facilities!

  Hey everyone, it’s Karl with the Big 65 Medicare Insurance Services and I hope you are having a great week. Today, I want to talk about preparing for a positive outcome if you end up in a skilled nursing facility. If you have outpatient surgery or a hospital surgery, and the post follow up […]