Caution urged for Medicare beneficiaries as they weigh private health care plans. Read excerpt below:

October 21, 2008

By BOB MOOS
The Dallas Morning News

Every fall, Medicare beneficiaries are bombarded with sales brochures for private health care plans that promise more benefits and lower bills than they get in traditional Medicare.

This fall, some seniors will give those plans a closer look. With their retirement nest eggs cracked or smashed by the financial crisis, many are searching for ways to reduce health care costs.

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