The Latest Breaking News from Medicare

A Roth conversion may be the key to avoiding costly IRMAA surcharges on your premiums.

Health secretary and chief of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid hail voluntary agreement as a ‘good start’

The nation’s major health insurers are promising to scale back and improve a widely despised practice that leads to care delays and complications

For decades, Medicare has been seen as the safety net for American seniors—the program you’ve earned after a lifetime of work. Many retirees breathe a...

Some financial decisions need to be made sooner rather than later. In honor of International Widows' Day, here's what you need to know about gathering documents and contacting government agencies and financial institutions.

For many Americans, Social Security is seen as something far off—something that “older people” rely on, or a system that may not even be around...

From housing to health care, see how flying solo in retirement can stretch your funds further.

Over the past decade, health insurance companies have increasingly embraced the use of artificial intelligence algorithms. Unlike doctors and hospitals, which use AI to help diagnose and treat patients, health insurers use these algorithms to decide whether to pay for health care treatments and services that are recommended by a…

A financial planner raises some key considerations for navigating retirement with a pension and recommends four strategies.