Retirees should brace themselves for both positive and negative changes to Medicare this year.

Get Medicare drug coverage (Part D) when you’re first eligible: Even if you don’t take prescription drugs now, you should ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Jan. 26 released proposed changes to Medicare Advantage plan capitation rates and Part D payment policies for calendar year 2027, which the agency ...

Financial planners share the Medicare choices clients regret most, and why the real costs often don’t appear until years later, when options are limited. Medicare mistakes often lead to irreversible ...

Tuesday afternoon, the House of Representatives voted in favor of a spending bill that includes major pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) reforms aimed at increasing price transparency for consumers and ...

Earlier this week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Contract Year (CY) 2027 Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D ...

CMS released its 2027 Advance Notice of Methodological Changes for Medicare Advantage (MA) Capitation Rates and Part C and Part D Payment Policies, proposing a net average year-over-year payment ...

The program is becoming more restrictive in certain areas.

Genetic tests make up a growing share of total spending on laboratory tests under Medicare Part B, according to a report posted last week by the HHS’ Office of Inspector General. They comprised 43% of ...

It’s official. Medicare costs will eat up much of older Americans' Social Security cost-of-living adjustment next year. The standard monthly premium for Medicare Part B, which covers outpatient care, ...

Turning 65 should feel liberating, a milestone marking decades of hard work finally rewarded with Medicare coverage. Yet for hundreds of thousands of Americans, that birthday becomes the start of a ...

Hello Toni, I delayed enrolling in Medicare Part B because I was working with employer benefits.  Recently I turned 70 and am ...