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President-elect Donald Trump has nominated heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz to run Medicare and Medicaid, the massive government programs providing…
Medicare Part B is getting more expensive and outpacing inflation. Here’s what you can expect to pay in 2025
Medicare Part B is one of the cornerstones of Medicare’s health insurance, covering many common health expenses—doctor visits, outpatient care,…
AARP’s new CEO vows to protect Social Security, Medicare, and ensure older adults age ‘on their own terms’
It’s a salient time for the AARP, the non-profit that has been advocating for the over 110 million American adults…
Medicare can be weird: Sometimes, bad news for beneficiaries can actually be good news. That’s the case for certain people…
Pneumonia can be a deadly complication of COVID, the flu, and RSV: What to know about pneumococcal vaccination
Respiratory virus season has arrived, and hopefully you’re up to date on vaccinations that can help prevent infectious diseases including…
Don’t avoid the end-of-life talk with your aging parents. Here’s how to start the conversation
Even though it’s an inevitability for every person on the planet, most Americans don’t like to talk about their own…
A new study published in the journal PLoS One found that a simple balance test is a strong indicator of…
For the government to provide Medicare to 67.4 million people per month, it has to get the money from somewhere.…
Protecting Medicare a top concern for more than half of Americans in 2024 presidential election
With just five weeks remaining until the election of the 47th U.S. president, more than half of Americans say protecting…
“Everybody thought it was a publicity stunt,” the puckish real estate mogul and Shark Tank producer/co-star says today. “I just…