WPS is a private health insurer, based in Wisconsin, that sells Medicare supplement insurance plans. These optional plans, also known as Medigap plans, can help offset your share of Medicare costs. WPS offers plans to residents across Wisconsin, plus 14 other states. Medicare supplement insurance helps people with Medicare cover […]
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Medigap plans are standardized in most states and must follow specific state regulations. The exceptions are Massachusetts, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, which have their own regulations and plan names. In the rest of the country, each Medicare supplement plan of a certain letter must offer the same level of coverage, no […]
Mutual of Omaha offers several different types of Medicare supplement insurance (Medigap) plans that can help cover leftover costs from original Medicare. Medigap plans offered by Mutual of Omaha are available in most states across the nation, although some plans may not be available in all areas. The basic level […]
A group of students walk through the Sather Gate at UC Berkeley. (Eric Risberg / Associated Press) Hopes that college life might begin a slow return to normal this fall were deflated Tuesday, when two University of California campuses announced they would begin the semester with fully remote instruction amid […]
They’ll be following all the rules this fall at the University of Michigan: masks, social distancing, smaller class sizes, frequent hand and surface washing, and more — much more. They’ll also be pioneering new rules for a new reality, particularly in the realm of remote instruction, as befits one of […]
MANCHESTER, Mo. (AP) — Administrators in the Parkway school district in suburban St. Louis spent the summer break crafting a flexible reopening plan, with options that include full-time classroom learning, full-time online instruction and a hybrid system. It’s a good thing because the dangers of the coronavirus are so uncertain […]
Even as they recommended working to reopen schools in-person, the nation’s science academies warned, “It is likely that someone in the school community will contract COVID-19.” Largely missing from the reopening protocols at states and schools around the nation are concrete plans for what administrators will do when coronavirus infections enter a […]
PALM BEACH, Fla. — On Wednesday, Erica Whitfield will cast her vote on whether to send Palm Beach County teachers and students back to the classroom amid a pandemic. The school board member says the choice has been anything but academic. COVID-19 snuck into the Whitfield house in April despite her family’s best […]
USC students are being asked to stay home and continue their education online in the fall amid the coronavirus crisis. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) Amid the alarming surge in coronavirus spread, USC announced it will no longer bring all undergraduates back to campus for the fall semester and […]
Duke University is planning to bring students, faculty and staff back to campus in August with new safety precautions, including mass COVID-19 testing, adjusted classroom layouts and revised housing options in dorms and hotels. The school also announced the plan for its student-athletes to return to campus, beginning with football […]
Arriving on campus kick-starts a year of firsts for college freshmen, and Abbey Shea was excited about all of them. Her first introduction to new roommates who may become lifelong friends, first semester away from home, first foray into independence. And then her Port Orange, Florida, high school postponed its […]
More states were slowing reopening plans Monday amid a national boom in coronavirus cases, although one Arizona mayor is unmoved by the ominous trend in his state. And a drug company has set a steep price for remdesivir, a drug that has proven to shorten recovery times by about 31% for severe […]
Michigan State University President Samuel Stanley says he knows coronavirus will spread if students come back to campus in the fall. While safety is “paramount,” managing this risk is a chance worth taking for MSU, he said. “The one thing that’s going to be really important, then, is confidence in […]