Medicare’s Open Enrollment Period runs from October 15 to December 7, giving beneficiaries the chance to review, compare, and change their coverage for the upcoming year.

Check your Medicare coverage by looking at your Medicare card (or cards for Advantage, Part D, or Medigap). You can also confirm details at Medicare.gov or by calling your provider.

Before you can decide whether it pays to sign up for a new Medicare plan, you need to know what's happening with your current plan. To that end, it's important to read your plan's change notice, which ...

Health care costs are a significant retirement expense, and Medicare offers essential but complex coverage that requires ...

If you choose a Medicare Advantage plan, make sure that the plan has Part D prescription drug coverage; otherwise you will ...

Regular dental care: Routine dental services, like cleanings, fillings, crowns, dentures, and orthodontics, are generally not ...

Medicare Part A (hospital insurance) is one part of Original Medicare and covers many inpatient services. Medicare Part C (Medicare Advantage) is an alternative coverage option to Original Medicare ...

Medicare can help seniors save money on healthcare, but mistakes can take a toll on their savings. This article explains how ...

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The Food and Drug Administration approved the new COVID-19 vaccine for all adults age 65 and up, but Medicare often isn't covering the shot.