Medicare’s fall open enrollment, which runs from Oct. 15 through Dec. 7, is an opportunity to review your benefits and make changes in time for 2021. Signing up or changing plans can seem daunting, ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced Medicare Part B premiums for 2021, and the base premium increases just 2.7% from $144.60 a month to $148.50 a month. That $3.90 monthly ...

Over the last several years, The Inquirer has curated a primer on Medicare, based on questions sent in by our readers, to help make the process a little easier. For 2021, we've updated it with details ...

The Part B premium will increase to $148.50 in 2021, up from $144.60 in 2020. Congress held down this cost in a spending bill passed earlier this year. The annual Part B deductible is increasing to ...

Medicare open enrollment for health care and drug coverage for 2021 begins Oct. 15, but beneficiaries can get a sneak peak at plan changes for the coming year starting Oct. 1. During the annual open ...

Medicare Part B premiums will increase by about $4 per month next year and high-income surcharges will also rise modestly in 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced late Friday.

Hedy Towan took all the extra precautions this summer when she came down with a respiratory infection. The stem-cell transplant recipient conducted nearly all doctor’s visits by phone and picked up a ...

While Democratic presidential candidates and the newspaper headlines hash out the ideological nuances of a Medicare-based single payer coverage scheme, work is underway to consider how coverage can be ...

Open enrollment season for Medicare health and drug plans runs between Oct. 15 and Dec. 7. It’s when seniors 65 and older and younger Americans with long-term disabilities can switch providers of ...

According to a Kaiser Family Foundation analysis, 22% of Medicare Part D drug spending in 2021 went towards the 10 top-selling prescription drugs alone. In 2021, the 10 top-selling prescription drugs ...

Rising health care costs are a major problem for seniors on a fixed income, and so any time Medicare premiums go up, it's stressful for retirees. Unfortunately, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ...