Medicare

Choosing not to retire when they can

Mar 28 2025

Folks who are eligible for Medicare and are financially sound - why do you think they continue to work? Certainly there are ways to fill the day with home projects, hobbies, social gatherings, exercis...

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How Can We Better Support Family Caregivers? Pay Them

Mar 27 2025

While the cost of elder care in the United States, whether paid for by Medicare, Medicaid or out-of-pocket, is substantial, most care is provided by family members for no compensation. Yet the burden ...

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AARP Advocacy for Social Security and Medicare cuts

Mar 20 2025

I am curious how many AARP members are reading the articles posted about potential cuts to Social Security and Medicare and understand the urgency. Isn't AARP supposed to advocate for you? How do the ...

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Learn How AARP is Fighting for Better Medicare

Mar 19 2025

Learn How AARP is Fighting for Better Medicare...

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Get Quick Medicare Answers With Our Medicare Q&A Tool

Mar 19 2025

Get Quick Medicare Answers With Our Medicare Q&A Tool...

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Watch Our Expert Answer Common Medicare Questions

Mar 19 2025

Watch Our Expert Answer Common Medicare Questions...

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Start Your Journey With Our Medicare Enrollment Guide

Mar 19 2025

Start Your Journey With Our Medicare Enrollment Guide...

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What Will The Trump Administration Do With Medicare Advantage?

Mar 18 2025

Whatever Trump does, the consequences will be significant for older adults and younger people with disabilities who rely on Medicare for their health care....

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People on Medicare advantage plans, what is your experience?

Mar 17 2025

So, I am planning for retirement and by FAR the largest line item in our future budget is healthcare, especially after Medicare kicks in. So I am just wondering...is medicare advantage adequate for yo...

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What Trump Has Done With Medicare So Far

Mar 16 2025

Since President Trump was sworn into office on January 20, he has proposed or initiated changes impacting Medicare. Here's a roundup....

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ACA to get me to Medicare. OOPS!

Mar 14 2025

Hubby is retiring at end of this year. Me, well I'm still figuring it out. The big issue for us is medical coverage for the 2.5 years before we hit 65. I went to ACA site to *try* and see how much I c...

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Musk Can’t Cut $700 Billion In Social Security, Medicare And Medicaid Fraud

Mar 12 2025

Elon Musk will have to either slash benefits for program recipients or fall far short of his goals for cutting government spending....

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What To Know About The Part B Late Enrollment Penalty

Mar 11 2025

Enrolling too late in Medicare Part B can result in a lifetime of penalty payments....

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Medicare and Medicaid Employees Offered New Buyouts: What You Need to Know

Mar 10 2025

Federal HHS workers who inspect food, research diseases and administer Medicare and Medicaid are offered $25,000 buyouts...

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How You Can Lose Your Medicare Benefits

Mar 07 2025

Your Medicare coverage can be disrupted or lost through your own actions or for reasons outside of your control. Don't let that happen to you....

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How To Choose The Best Medicare Plan For You

Mar 06 2025

A question has been plaguing me lately… “How To Choose The Best Medicare Plan For You” I’m turning 62 this month and inching closer to a decision […] The post How To Ch...

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Missed A Medicare Part B Premium Payment? Here’s What You Need To Know

Mar 04 2025

The consequences for missing a Medicare Part B premium payment can be severe, yet the issue often goes unnoticed until coverage is suddenly gone....

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Five Reasons Why You Should Review Your Medicare Advantage Plan Before Open Enrollment Ends

Feb 28 2025

Medicare Advantage enrollees have until March 31 to make changes to their selections....

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Major surgery before retirement on employer health care or after on Medicare?

Feb 28 2025

I will need at least one maybe both knees replaced according to my orthopedic and I prefer to hold off as long as possible. However I plan to retire in just under two years. Not sure if I should go ah...

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Health

Will Dr. Oz Push Medicare Advantage Plans if Confirmed?

Feb 27 2025

As original Medicare faces funding shortfalls, Dr. Oz may shift to private insurance providers through Medicare Advantage. Here's what we know so far....

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What Does Medicare Not Cover? Eight Things You Should Know

Feb 26 2025

Medicare Part A and Part B leave gaps in your healthcare coverage. But Medicare Advantage has problems, too....

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How Your Free Medicare Screening Can Turn Into An Expensive Surprise

Feb 18 2025

Here’s what Medicare beneficiaries need to know when it comes to the differences between diagnostic and screening tests....

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Elon Musk Is Attacking Social Security and Medicare

Feb 17 2025

Elon Musk has posted on X (formerly Twitter) that he is "100% certain that the magnitude of fraud in federal entitlements (Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Welfare, Disability, etc) exceeds the co...

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Top tips for first 60 days of retirement

Feb 16 2025

Just turned in notice(64m). Seven weeks till last date. Currently focused on Medicare selections as well as planned and expected gap period for medical coverage/cobra or private. So no questions there...

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RFK Jr. Now Heads HHS: How Medicare and Your Retirement May Change

Feb 13 2025

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. was confirmed today to head up Medicare. Here are five ways his leadership might change your retirement....

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?? Biggest Retirement Changes Coming in 2025 (AARP Article)

Feb 12 2025

FROM THE ARTICLE: 9 Ways Retirement Will Be Different in 2025. How changes in Social Security, Medicare, 401(k) contributions and more will affect your finances. By Andy Markowitz, AARP. *** There are...

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Signing up for Medicare, how did you get good information?

Feb 08 2025

Hello all, I'm turning 65 and retiring this June, 2024. I know this is a common topic, but the most recent related thread I was able to find was more than a year old, and I think things change in this...

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The Reality Behind Medicare Advantage Prior Authorizations

Feb 06 2025

Prior authorizations are the way MA managed care plans pre-approve some procedures before they’ll pay for them....

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What You Need to Know About Elon Musk's Access to Medicare

Feb 06 2025

Officials at Musk-led DOGE were given access to the inner workings of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency with a $2 trillion budget....

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13 Things Medicare Gives You for Free

Feb 06 2025

Medicare beneficiaries often pay monthly premiums, copays, annual deductibles and prescription drug costs. But what you may not know is that some services don’t cost anything at all....

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Medicare Advantage Plans: Prior Authorization Denial Rates

Feb 06 2025

Will your care be denied? Medicare Advantage insurers use prior authorization to manage utilization and lower costs. How does your plan measure up?...

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AARP Advocacy Role in Recent Social Security/Medicare Musk Overreach

Feb 06 2025

Has AARP taken a stand regarding Musk and his minions having access to American's Social Security and Medicare data via the Department of Treasury? Elon Musk is an unelected player appointed by the pr...

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Treasury Department Takeover

Feb 03 2025

What is AARP doing to help ensure the security and stability of Social Security and Medicare payments to millions of retirees in light of Elon Musk's takeover of the computer payment systems at the U....

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RFK Jr. Confused Medicare and Medicaid: Here's the Difference

Jan 30 2025

The HHS Secretary nominee confused Medicare and Medicaid programs, though he would be responsible for them. We break down the difference....

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Can You Really Switch Medigap And Medicare Advantage Plans Any Time?

Jan 29 2025

The ability to switch Medicare plans isn’t as available as many beneficiaries are told or believe....

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What the Federal Grants Pause Means for Social Security and Medicare

Jan 28 2025

The White House has ordered a pause on all Federal grants and loans but left Social Security and Medicare off the list....

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On Medicare and Need Telehealth? You Have Three More Months to Use These Services

Jan 27 2025

All Medicare patients still have access to telehealth services until March 31. Starting April 1, you must be located in a rural area for most telehealth services...

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Consequences of WEP / GPO Repeal

Jan 24 2025

I am hoping for a couple of things: 1. If this new found bounty + their other income puts them into the Medicare IRMAA territory that they are NOT given a 1 X wavier for this. 2. That no stupid politi...

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Income

Trump Revokes Biden's Order to Lower Drug Prices for Medicare

Jan 21 2025

President Trump rescinded a Biden-era Executive Order that would have lowered the copays for some drugs to $2 for Medicare enrollees....

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If You Don’t Have Medicare Part B, The GEP Can Bail You Out

Jan 21 2025

The General Enrollment Period provides an opportunity to make up for a past oversight – the failure to enroll in Part B....

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IRMAA APPEAL....DENIED??!!!

Jan 21 2025

How about this twist? We just started Medicare January 2025 We got hit with IRMAA because our 2023 MAGI was too high HOWEVER, I retired in 2023 (life changing event - work stoppage) and our MAGI for 2...

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Retired

No help for Seniors

Jan 21 2025

The increase of 2.5% for Seniors this year, was an unfunny joke. Medicare ripped us off for more money, and Medicare Advantage raised Co-pays across the board. Can't afford it, Congress say's, as well...

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Medicare’s 2025 Drug Negotiation List Includes Ozempic and Wegovy

Jan 17 2025

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services wants to lower the cost for 15 more drugs including Ozempic and Wegovy....

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Watch Out for the ‘Medigap Trap’

Jan 10 2025

The Medigap trap can snag those who chose Medicare Advantage and plan to switch to traditional Medicare later as their needs change....

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Social Security and Medicare Funding: Is the Sky Falling?

Jan 09 2025

Social Security and Medicare are slowly running out of money, but what does that mean for the retirees counting on them? Actually, it's not all bad news....

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Here We Go Again: The Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment Period

Jan 09 2025

The Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment Period (Jan 1–Mar 31) lets you switch plans or adjust coverage. Review your options to ensure your plan fits your 2025 needs!...

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Inbox Questions | Prescription Prices: A Rant and a Response

Jan 09 2025

Today’s episode is part rant, part answer to Mike’s question about the high cost of prescription drugs under Medicare Part D. We dive into why these costs are so steep, explore alternative...

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Silver sneakers program: feedback sought

Jan 06 2025

Happy retirement, all. My husband is retiring in May at 65.5 yrs (so on Medicare) and with our institutional healthcare plan, which happens to be an Advantage plan (Humana, it's negotiated by our stat...

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Moving: Medicare out-of-pocket limit

Jan 05 2025

Since I am moving, I need to switch Medicare C plans. Will the $2,000 Part D out-of-pocket limit be reset to $0 when I switch to new plan? Will the $450 drug deductible I paid to first plan be applied...

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