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When you approach your 65th birthday you will have no shortage of questions on Medicare.

There will also be countless organizations offering information on the products they sell. It can become overwhelming with the amount of materials and phone calls you will receive over the next several months.

The problem is that they all want to sell you something before you even know what the best option is for you.

Let’s not put the proverbial cart before the horse. So, if you have questions and need to enroll in Medicare, this is where to start.

You certainly need to know HOW and WHEN to sign up for Medicare, but possibly the most important question is IF you need to sign up at all.

You see, the process is determined by your individual situation, based on what your plans are at this point in your life. There is not a one size fits all solution. We do not just magically turn 65 and spend the rest of our lives in a rocking chair or knitting on the sofa.

We will start by asking a few simple questions.

It’s that fantastic time of year again, you know, the time you get to pay more for the same thing you already have.

If it feels like you’re the only one, don’t worry it’s happening to everyone. There’s plenty of reasons for this, but explaining them right now won’t do much to calm the quiet homicidal rage you might be feeling.

With that being said, my job here at Giangola Insurance is to help you push that rage aside long enough to identify the “best” plan for you or your family.

It’s something I help thousands of people do every year.

So much so that this is the sixth installment of the “Best Health Insurance Plans in Ohio” list.

The Best Ohio Health Insurance Plans in 2017
The Best Ohio Health Insurance Plans in 2016
The Best Ohio Health Insurance Plans in 2015
The Best Ohio Health Insurance Plans in 2014
The Best and Worst Ohio Health Insurance Plans in 2013

Now that you’re rounding the final turn to cross the Medicare finish line, you’re realizing this is the first time you’ve had to deal with your health insurance on your own.

Don’t worry it’s not going to be that bad. It feels a little worse than it actually is because you can’t open your mailbox without seeing a postcard of a happy grey haired couple trying to tell you what to do.

You probably don’t even have grey hair. You know what happens when you assume…

So let’s make this a grey hair free zone to talk about Medicare Plan N and if it’s something you want to consider?

Finally, it’s time to actually get serious about picking the right Medicare Supplement plan.

Your mailbox and phone have probably been getting abused by people who are to excited about telling you you’re getting old.

Trying to sort through the desperate sales tactics can be exhausting, especially when you just want someone to help you not have to think about your medicare supplement anymore.

Well, that’s exactly what I want to help you do today.

We’re going to take a look at all the moving parts of you Ohio medicare supplement plan F, what it covers and how you can expect it to work when you need it most.

You’re probably knee deep in the process to make sense of all the different medicare supplement plans available in Ohio.

You’ve been counting down to this moment for a couple years and now that it’s finally hear, the panic might start setting in.

For the last six months you haven’t been able to turn around without someone trying to remembering you how old you're getting.

While it’s possible you’ve been looking forward to this healthcare relief milestone, it still doesn’t mean you haven’t been fighting the urge to slap the age reminders across the face.

Let’s be honest, health insurance or no health insurance, it’s not cheap to go to the doctors office.

You’re often faced with a difficult decision when you get sick. Do you spend your last $120 on a visit to your doctor or do you buy groceries for the week?

Sometimes, maybe most times, the money just isn’t there.

When unexpected expenses hit they’re usually avoided, if possible.

It’s a lot easier to suffer through that sinus infection than handover your last $120 for a little relief.

Let’s take a closer look at why you’re having trouble affording the proper care and a few ways you can get it.

You might not believe me if I told you the number of people who are more worried about insurance for their teeth than the rest of their body.

Even more surprising, those people who want to make sure their teeth are always taken care of don’t go to the dentist that often.

To help prevent you from making a potential mistake insuring your teeth, let’s breakdown the actual cost to do so.

You might think it’s crazy, but I start almost every conversation with a client about dental insurance by saying “it’s going to sound like I’m trying to not sell you the policy.”

To be honest, a lot of the time I am.

Your yearly health insurance search is one you probably approach with anxiety, fear and a pinch of anger mixed in for good measure.

Figuring out what the “best” plan is can feel like trying to hold water in a pasta strainer. Just when you think you’ve got every hole covered, water keeps spilling out.

My job here at Giangola Insurance is to help you identify that “best” plan for you or your family.

It’s a question I help thousands of people answer every year.

So much so that this is the fifth installment of the “Best Health Insurance Plans in Ohio” list.

The Best Ohio Health Insurance Plans in 2016
The Best Ohio Health Insurance Plans in 2015
The Best Ohio Health Insurance Plans in 2014
The Best and Worst Ohio Health Insurance Plans in 2013

If you’re not completely sure what you bought, there’s a good chance it isn’t real health insurance.

I’ve been selling health insurance for seven years, which has covered pre and post Obamacare policies.

The one thing that has remained constant is the fly by night indemnity plans that prey on your confusion and desperation.

I’ve lost count over the years the number of people who I’ve had to break the news to that they didn’t actually buy a full on health insurance policy.

This, as you would imagine comes with a decent amount of shock and surprise that something like that could happen.

As an attempt to help you avoid the mistakes of those people and me not wanting to tell you your health insurance is fake, here’s everything you need to look out for.

If you’re a veteran of high cost prescription medication, you’ve probably found the dark and seedy discount card corners of the internet.

Being a licensed health insurance agent, I often looked down on those discount cards from my health insurance high horse. They all had the feeling of a late night infomercial that I wanted nothing to do with.

Before Obamacare took over in 2014, I was constantly answering questions from people looking for hope in a hopeless situation. They were uninsurable by the current standards of health insurance underwriting.

The best options they had were to rely on the misleading promises of guarantee issue indemnity plans and piece together discount cards for different services.

A hodgepodge of healthcare.