In June 2025, the U.S. House of Representatives introduced a budget reconciliation bill titled the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). The legislation proposes a number of administrative changes to ...

Medicare Trustees' Report: The Medicare Trustees annual report provides projections for Medicare program costs. For 2026, ...

The GOP megabill now under Senate consideration threatens healthcare insurance for more than 1 million seniors who rely on ...

Question from Connie: I’ve had an Advantage Plan for a couple of years now, but I only recently began to read your columns. I get the feeling you don’t like Advantage Plans and now I’m questioning my ...

Social Security will not be able to fully pay monthly benefits to tens of millions of retirees and people with disabilities in 2034 if lawmakers don’t act to address the program’s pending shortfall, ...

Funding for the Supplementary Medical Insurance (SMI) Trust Fund — which finances Medicare Part B (covering outpatient ...

Americans planning and preparing for retirement have plenty of financial considerations on their minds, including thoughts ...

Social Security benefits may rise by just $1 a day in 2026—a modest increase tied to inflation, leaving many retirees ...

CMS-1734-F, revisions to payment policies under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, Quality Payment Program and other revisions to Part B for CY 2021 [Internet]. Baltimore (MD): CMS; 2020 Dec 28 ...

AARP Medicare provides Part A coverage for inpatient and hospital treatment and Part B coverage for outpatient and medical treatment. Within these categories, AARP’s options include Plans A, B ...

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Medicare Advantage was designed to save the government money. But a Wall Street Journal investigation found that private insurers used the program to generate extra payments through questionable ...