If you're close to retirement and struggling to afford Medicare Part B, it may be tempting to claim Social Security early.

During last year’s enrollment period, millions of Medicare beneficiaries reviewed their coverage options and selected new ...

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Because the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) pays MA plans more for patients who are higher risk, having more diagnoses per patient increases payments. In contrast, traditional Medicare, ...

Medicare increases the monthly premiums for Part B and Part D coverage if your income is higher than certain limits. To avoid these surcharges, you can reduce your modified adjusted gross income.

The Medicare Part B premium will be automatically deducted from your Social Security payment when you enroll in Medicare, and ...

Medicare is funded through a combination of taxes deposited into trust funds, beneficiary monthly premiums, and additional funds approved through Congress. According to the Centers for Medicare ...

Many of CMMI’s experiments have buried doctors in red tape, making it harder for them to focus on their patients.

While Donald Trump's route to the White House was filled with promises of lowering costs, economists have expressed concern ...

The Trump administration can keep its promise to protect Medicare Advantage by releasing a strong final rate, ensuring the cost of seniors’ healthcare won’t increase.

By Russell Gloor, National Social Security Advisor at the AMAC Foundation, the non-profit arm of the Association of Mature ...