Some Medicare procedures in Texas will now need pre-authorization starting next year

DALLAS — I know for some people, Medicare open enrollment time (which is happening now) can seem like a dreaded medical procedure: You know you need to get it done, but you don’t really want to do it.

Maybe this will make you feel better. As you look at all the options with Medicare Advantage and the different decisions with Original Medicare, some simple advice from Carl Burlbaw, the senior insurance counselor at the Senior Source in Dallas: “Just focus on the priorities of which plan allows you to see your doctors, which plan covers your prescriptions in the most cost-effective way, and then what other benefits you can add to those other two priorities.”

As you are contemplating all that and looking at all the options, remember you have until Dec. 7 to figure it out and get signed