Barnstable budget completed
After three meetings, the Barnstable Town Council completed its work last Thursday on the final six appropriations for the town s fiscal 2012 operating budget of $160.5 million with little discussion or opposition. A medical plan for retirees and a new revolving fund for artists that were not part of the budget drew more discussion.

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Covering the Bases: All Medigap plans increase rates
I have a Medicare Advantage Plan and will be visiting family who live out of state for a month. Will my plan cover me in another state? Medicare Advantage plans will offer coverage for emergency and urgent services received in other states and U.S. territories. Medicare Advantage plans have rules that apply when emergency care or urgent care is provided by "contracted" and "non-contracted ...