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Five Medicare Changes Coming in 2026
May 08 2025
Learn about the benefits that become permanent features of Medicare in 2026 and how they have been changed or updated since their inception....
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Seven Things To Know About Medicare Part D And Prior Authorization
May 06 2025
Nearly all those who have Medicare Advantage plans must deal with prior authorization. Now more prior authorization issues are appearing with Part D prescription drugs....
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IRMAA Could Have Surprised This Retiree: What You Can Learn From Her Experience
May 03 2025
A financial adviser explains how a client could have unwittingly triggered the Medicare surcharge and what others need to know about it....
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? How Social Security and Medicare Reshaped America (AARP Article)
May 02 2025
FROM THE ARTICLE: How Social Security and Medicare Transformed Aging in America. Two lifelines for older adults reach important milestones in 2025. By T.R. Reid, AARP. Published April 30, 2025. After ...
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16 Strategies to Save Money on Prescription Drugs
Apr 30 2025
Many Medicare recipients are benefiting from changes that make prescriptions more affordable. But you can still make other moves to keep your costs in check....
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? Social Security and Medicare Must be Protected (AARP Article)
Apr 30 2025
FROM THE ARTICLE: Americans Rely on These Sacred Promises. Social Security and Medicare must be protected. By Dr. Myechia Minter-Jordan, CEO, AARP. Published April 30, 2025. Social Security and Medica...
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How to Access Your Parents’ Medicare: Enroll and Manage Their Care
Apr 29 2025
Getting access to your parents' Medicare or Medicare Advantage accounts is easiest when they're healthy. But you still have options if they are incapacitated....
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Medicare part B working for an employer with less than 20 employees
Apr 27 2025
Does anyone know the bottom line for Part B while still working at an employer with less than 20 employees? I am 65 and have filed for Part A. I work for an employer with less than 20 employees. I hav...
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My Advice for Enrolling in Medicare Part B — Based on Experience
Apr 24 2025
Enrolling in Medicare is notoriously complicated and can result in penalties if you get the timing wrong. Here are some valuable tips for first-timers....
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Paperwork of Life - how did I manage before?
Apr 19 2025
I swear I don’t know how I managed to get all the detail work of life done when I had a full time job. Start with Medicare and SS. That alone requires constant checking, monitoring, and tweaking...
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Vaccines Medicare Covers for Free
Apr 18 2025
The U.S. is experiencing an outbreak of measles and is on track to have the most whooping cough cases since 1948; these vaccines Medicare covers for free can keep you safe....
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Medicare Advantage Plans Receive Some Breaks For 2026
Apr 18 2025
Medicare Advantage plans might not have to make drastic changes again in 2026 thanks to a reversal in government policy proposals....
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Medicare Enrollment Trap: Incomplete Instructions
Apr 11 2025
Given the current climate, those applying for Medicare need to do everything they can to ensure they do it right the first time....
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Get Quick Medicare Answers With Our Medicare Q&A Tool
Apr 10 2025
Get Quick Medicare Answers With Our Medicare Q&A Tool...
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Widow's Penalty: Three Ways to Protect Your Finances
Apr 10 2025
Higher Medicare premiums, smaller Social Security payments, bigger tax bills … Financial changes can hit hard when a spouse dies. How to counter the blow....
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Start Your Journey With Our Medicare Enrollment Guide
Apr 10 2025
Start Your Journey With Our Medicare Enrollment Guide...
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Trump Administration Blocks Medicare From Covering Obesity Drugs — Why It Matters
Apr 07 2025
The Trump administration has decided not to go forward with a proposal for Medicare and Medicaid to cover high-demand obesity treatments....
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The Social Security Fairness Act May Change How You Pay Medicare Premiums
Apr 03 2025
If you receive an upward adjustment to your monthly Social Security benefits due to the SSFA, how you pay your Medicare premiums might change....
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Delaying Medicare Enrollment Can Lead To Life-Long Penalties
Apr 02 2025
Avoid costly, lifelong Medicare penalties by understanding enrollment deadlines for Part A, B, and D. Learn how timely signup protects your retirement budget....
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Perk Up: Making the Most of Medicare Advantage
Apr 01 2025
You're leaving money on the table if you don’t use all your benefits....
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Medicare Surcharges (IRMAA): How the Wealthier Pay MORE for Coverage
Mar 28 2025
Are you wealthy? You may be paying extra for Medicare. Find out why and how to reduce your IRMAA - Income Related Monthly Adjustment Amount. The post Medicare Surcharges (IRMAA): How the Wealthier Pay...
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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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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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