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Remember to always have Part B in place when leaving your job or losing company benefits. There might not be a second chance.
The former TV personality known as Dr. Oz said the plan is to keep Americans healthy enough to work one additional year ...
He explained that there is no provision in GLOBE or GUARD that changes what plans, hospitals or pharmacists pay for prescription drugs, and there is no mechanism for shifting the any savings to ...
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The Medicare Part B penalty: A one-day mistake that can cost thousands

Turning 65 should feel like crossing a finish line, a moment to celebrate decades of hard work and finally step into retirement. Instead, for many Americans, it becomes a frantic scramble through ...
Coaching agents to have proactive, consumer-centered conversations can mean the difference between beneficiaries who feel ...
In an advisory opinion published at the end of 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) addressed—to ...
Almost all Social Security beneficiaries are familiar with the most popular and publicized upcoming change: the increase in monthly benefit checks for 2026 due to the automated cost-of-living ...
Explore the implications of the 2.8% Cost-of-Living Adjustment for Social Security in 2026, particularly how it affects ...
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Retirees heading into 2025 are being promised a bigger Social Security check, but a quiet tug-of-war with Medicare threatens ...
Members of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) voted 15-2 to boost payment for physicians and other health ...