Author Archives: Mary Hager

About Mary Hager

Mary Hager is an award winning journalist and editor, having worked for Newsweek and Life magazines and written for numerous other publications, including National Journal, New Yorker, American Psychologist, Consumer's Digest, Tomorrow Magazine, Longevity, National Wildlife, Grolier's Medicine and Health Yearbook, and Eco.

Understanding Your Elderly Parents’ Medicare Coverage

Most people over 65 know all about Medicare, what it costs, what it does and doesn’t pay for, even why it makes financial sense to pay extra for a Medigap or supplementary insurance policy to help with deductibles and co-payments. These policies are sold by private insurance companies, but exactly how these policies supplement the costs […]