As you approach your retirement, it’s easy to be befuddled by Medicare. “With different coverage options, confusing enrollment deadlines and disparate cost-sharing among beneficiaries, ending up with faulty assumptions isn’t hard. However, some mistaken beliefs can be more costly than others,” points out Sarah O’Brien. Read more.
If you’re thinking about having basic Medicare without any supplemental coverage, experts have a message for you: Don’t. Read more on why, and what to do about it, by Sarah O’Brien.
Medicare is mailing out new ID cards to 59 million Americans this year in a sweeping federal initiative to bolster defenses against fraud. Trouble is, phone scammers are taking the card replacement program as an opportunity to target seniors.
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