health care costs

To avoid late enrollment penalties, you may need to sign up for Medicare at age 65 even if you already have workplace coverage.

Some lawmakers and Social Security advocates are hoping to change the way the program’s annual cost-of-living adjustments are calculated.

Medicare officials were instructed Monday to reassess the standard monthly amount due to a reduction in the cost of a drug that caused half the premium jump.

During the first three months of the year, you can either switch to another Advantage Plan or return to basic Medicare. Here’s what to know.

With annual adjustments pushing some costs higher, experts say it’s important to consider how the changes will affect your household spending.

Most people who get insurance through the public marketplace end up getting some sort of financial help to cover their monthly premiums.

The Covid-19 pandemic prompted the Social Security Administration to move most of its services online. Now, a new executive order aims to improve them.

If you face so-called income-related monthly adjustment amounts and your income has dropped, you can ask the Social Security Administration to reconsider.

Retirees who are already contending with higher prices for food and health care may not cheer when they receive their Social Security checks in January.

About half of the jump in Part B premiums next year is due to the potential cost of covering Aduhelm, a drug targeting Alzheimer’s disease. Here’s why.

Sen. Chuck Schumer said he supports a paid family and medical leave proposal that’s being considered. But it may face opposition from other Senate leaders.

Before you purchase a Medigap policy, you should make sure you understand their limitations and how they are priced.

Medicare’s many enrollment rules can leave beneficiaries with gaps in coverage if they don’t sign up when they are supposed to.

Lawmakers are poised to consider the fate of a federal paid family leave proposal, and the outcome could have political consequences in 2022.

While beneficiaries aren’t required to take action, as their 2021 plan generally would renew for next year, experts say that could be a mistake.

Depending on your income, you may be eligible for premium subsidies and help with other cost-sharing such as deductibles and copays.

Inflation is currently outpacing Social Security’s 5.9% cost-of-living adjustment for 2022. Medicare Part B premiums may take a bigger chunk of benefit checks.

With Medicare’s standard Part B premium jumping to $170.10 next year, monthly surcharges for higher-income beneficiaries will go up, as well.

Social Security benefits are poised to get their biggest increase in decades next year. But those monthly checks may not go as far.

The standard premium for Part B, which covers outpatient care and durable equipment, will be $170.10 next year, up $21.60 from $148.50 this year.