Medicare 101: Everything You Should Know at 65 with Emily Gang

10/17/23 • 33 min

Now or Never: Long-Term Care Strategy with Kosta Yepifantsev

Join Kosta and his guest: Emily Gang, Owner and Founder of The Medicare Coach. Providing independent, unbiased advice to Americans approaching their Medicare decision,The Medicare Coach is dedicated to helping educate and protect American's healthcare rights and retirement savings.

Today we’re talking about everything you should know about Medicare at 65.

In this episode: What is Medicare? Why is it so important for seniors to understand as they approach age 65? If you’re approaching the age of 65, you’re probably getting an overwhelming amount of Medicare-related mail. How can we distinguish between useful information and junk-mail advertisements? What does it mean to make the "right" Medicare decision? What factors should we consider? Medicare can be expensive, whether it’s from premiums or out-of-pocket expenses. How should we budget and are there any strategies to minimize these costs?

Find out more about Emily Gang and The Medicare Coach:
https://www.themedicarecoach.com/

Find out more about Kosta Yepifantsev:
https://kostayepifantsev.com/

Today we’re talking about everything you should know about Medicare at 65.

Find out more about Emily Gang and The Medicare Coach:
https://www.themedicarecoach.com/

Find out more about Kosta Yepifantsev:
https://kostayepifantsev.com/

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Designed to Last: Why Functional Home Design Matters with Gretchen Kingma

Join Kosta and his guest: Gretchen Kingma, Occupational Therapist, Realtor and Founder of Empowered Homes and Custom Joy.

Throughout her career Gretchen has dedicated herself to improving aging-in-place services, creating intentional home modifications, and facilitating community transitions that assist older adults and persons with disabilities in making spaces that fit their needs while promoting independence, comfort, and personal choice.

In this episode: What is universal design? For anyone that’s trying to evaluate the accessibility of a home, what should be on their main list of considerations? At what point should you choose downsizing over renovations when it comes to home modifications and accessibility? In the event someone is deciding to age in place, as AARP reports 80% of us would prefer to, what are the most overlooked obstacles for mobility?

Find out more about Gretchen Kingma and Empowered Homes:
https://empoweredhomes.com/

Find out more about Custom Joy:
https://customjoystl.com/

Find out more about Kosta Yepifantsev:
https://kostayepifantsev.com/

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Better with Age: Happiness in Aging with Malika Moore

Join Kosta and his guest: Malika Moore, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Educator and Founder of Aging and Amazing, a network committed to older adults and strengthening the networks that surround them.

In this episode: In my experience, people either never want to think about getting older or they’re afraid of getting older and thinking about it way too much. As a society, why does it feel like we’ve turned growing old into a punishment? As someone working on the front lines of advocacy for our elder-generation, do you think we’re starting to wake up to the shame we’ve created around getting old? Are people starting to reframe how they see their life after 65? What do you think are the greatest sources of joy and purpose as we age that are sometimes overlooked or lost throughout our lives?

Find out more about Aging and Amazing:
https://www.agingamazing.com/

Find out more about Kosta Yepifantsev:
https://kostayepifantsev.com/