Healthy Living: Senior Resources
Medicare is big business.
Oct. 6, 2023
Medicare is a federal health insurance program that is available to U.S. citizens or permanent legal residents.
Nov. 18, 2022
Business
Returning to Original Medicare from a Medicare Advantage can be tricky after you first sign up; you may not be able to get a Medigap supplemental insurance plan.
March 16, 2024
Most Medicare beneficiaries don’t shop around or voluntarily switch plans, causing many to overspend because of poor plan selection.
Oct. 14, 2023
Politics
Wary of the political risks and practical difficulties of Medicare-for-all proposals that would move every American into a government health plan, Democrats increasingly are embracing more modest plans to use Medicare to expand insurance coverage.
May 14, 2019
Medicare Advantage was conceived to give seniors wider choices and lower the rapid increase in the nation’s healthcare spending. It’s succeeded in one, but not the other.
May 9, 2023
Real Estate
Crooks are looking for access to Medicare numbers, which are used to fraudulently bill the government-run healthcare program.
Sept. 6, 2013
Medicare, and its alphabet of classifications, can be a befuddling subject, especially for first-timers.
Sept. 29, 2023
The Bush administration says its newly announced 17% increase in next year’s Medicare premiums, on top of the 13.5% hike it imposed this year, will actually help seniors.
Sept. 8, 2004
As the annual Medicare enrollment period gets underway, experts urge beneficiaries to look at changes in their plans and shop around.
Oct. 20, 2013