{"podcast":{"title":"Medicare For The Lazy Man Podcast","slug":"medicare-for-the-lazy-man-podcast-187722","podcast_index_feed_id":187722,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/medicareforthelazyman/feed.xml","website_url":"https://medicareforthelazyman.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/7182557/LazyManRecolored_FlippedRight_Final_1400x1400_WHITE-RC.png","author":"Douglas B. Jones, CLU, RHU with Randy Carson of C2C Consulting","episode_count":100,"summary":"Lighthearted Medicare advice and opinions from longtime expert Douglas B. Jones, CLU, RHU. Drawn from his book: Medicare for the Lazy Man (an Amazon best seller), Doug's advice provides a simple road map to the best Medicare insurance protection available on the market today!","last_synced_at":"2026-09-30T06:18:44.393679+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/medicare-for-the-lazy-man-podcast-187722"},"episode":{"title":"Ep. 992 - MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT RATE INCREASES: WHO ARE THE REAL CULPRITS?","slug":"ep-992-medicare-supplement-rate-increases-who-are-the-real-culprits","published_at":"2026-09-04T04:18:39+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/medicare-for-the-lazy-man-podcast-187722/ep-992-medicare-supplement-rate-increases-who-are-the-real-culprits","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/medicare-for-the-lazy-man-podcast-187722","url":"https://medicareforthelazyman.podbean.com/e/episode-992/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/5htzz2qubjx4ng7m/2026-08-25-MLM-D_R_-_A_intro994f9.mp3","summary":"MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MINUTE: WHEN STAR RATINGS BACKFIRE: HOW THE GOVERNMENT COULD BETTER SUPPORT HEALTH IN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE. PART 2: FIVE REASONS FOR MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT RATE INCREASES TINY INCREASES ENJOYED BY MY HIGH DEDUCTIBLE PLAN G CLIENTS! A DIFFEREENT COMPANY REPORTS \"ACROSS THE BOARD\" RATE INCREASES OF 15% IN PENNSYLVANIA AND 19% IN OHIO. WEEKLY UPDATE (COURTESY OF CLAUDE): WHAT ARE THE HEADLINES? FINALLY COSTCO + SCAN HAVE PARTNERED UP TO SELL MEDICARE ADVANTAGE IN TWO STATES AND MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT IN ONE STATE. NO STATE NAMES HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED YET. Contact me at: DBJ@MLMMailbag.com (Most severe critic: A+) Visit us on: BabyBoomer.ORG Inspired by: \"MEDICARE FOR THE LAZY MAN 2026; SIMPLEST & EASIEST GUIDE EVER!\" \"MEDICARE ENROLLMENT GUIDE\" - DOWNLOAD FREE \"MEDICARE DRUG PLANS: A SIMPLE D-I-Y GUIDE\" ....AND A PODCAST! @ DBJ@M4TLM.com W medicareforthelazyman.com T (630) 878-5055 Review Us On Google For sale on Amazon.com. After enjoying the books, please consider returning to leave a short customer review to help future readers. Official website: https://www.MedicareForTheLazyMan.com.","meta_description":"MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MINUTE: WHEN STAR RATINGS BACKFIRE: HOW THE GOVERNMENT COULD BETTER SUPPORT HEALTH IN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE. PART 2: FIVE REASONS FOR MEDI…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2408,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/medicare-for-the-lazy-man-podcast-187722/episodes/ep-992-medicare-supplement-rate-increases-who-are-the-real-culprits/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/medicare-for-the-lazy-man-podcast-187722/ep-992-medicare-supplement-rate-increases-who-are-the-real-culprits.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}