The current U.S. healthcare system is broken.  The problem is bigger than affordability. Our system is a for-profit ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Author of best seller AARP Roadmap for the Rest of Your Life. For years my wife and I were covered by traditional Medicare and a ...

If you have a Medicare Advantage plan, you need to know which items can no longer be covered. Medicare Advantage Plans can ...

Neuman: Traditional Medicare is what people think about as the national program that provides Medicare benefits. Medicare Advantage are plans that are run by private insurance companies like ...

Medicare Advantage — the commercial alternative to traditional Medicare — is drawing down federal health care funds, costing taxpayers an extra 22% per enrollee to the tune of US$83 billion a year.

If it’s mid-November, it’s time for Americans of a certain age to ask themselves: Medicare or Medicare Advantage? The choice between the government-run, no-frills traditional Medicare and an Advantage ...

Two influential voices — comedian John Oliver and personal finance expert Suze Orman — are making a forceful case for ...

Medicare doesn't cover all senior healthcare costs and lacks some services found in employer-sponsored plans. Most people are automatically enrolled in Parts A and B upon turning 65 if they receive ...

Cancer treatment costs about $150,000 per patient. In 2015, spending for cancer treatment and care in the United States was estimated at $183 billion. Experts predicted a 34% increase to $246 billion ...

The Medicare open enrollment period for 2022 is due to begin on Oct. 15, and will run through Dec. 7. Ads and commercials are already beginning to publicize Medicare plans, including those that claim ...

A van advertising changes to Medicare created by the Inflation Reduction Act sits outside the Heinz-Menaker Senior Center in Harrisburg. Upon turning 65 or retiring, Americans face a major choice: Go ...