Retiree With $1.2 Million Discovers Roth Conversion Doubled His First Medicare Premium
Quick Read Medicare’s IRMAA surcharge uses income from two years prior, so a Roth conversion at 63 directly…
Living near a dry cleaner may come with an unexpected Parkinson’s disease link
A nationwide Medicare study found a clear distance-response pattern between residential proximity to dry cleaners and Parkinson’s disease,…
Amazon, CVS And Walmart Race To Fill $50 Weight-Loss Prescriptions
Topline Amazon on Thursday announced its pharmacy would distribute popular GLP-1 weight-loss drugs to eligible Medicare patients for…
Trump Administration Ends Program that Kept Medicare Premiums Down
The Trump administration is ending a Medicare premium subsidy demonstration program that was intended to stabilize the market…
A Medicare Drug Subsidy Is Ending—Here’s What Patients Should Know
CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, who called the expiring Part D premium subsidy a “bailout” for insurers, says most…
Ten-million-person study links semaglutide to lower COVID-19 mortality
After accounting for major health differences between semaglutide users and non-users, researchers identified a striking mortality association that…
Trump administration ends Medicare drug subsidy
NEW YORK (AP) — Millions of older adults on Medicare prescription drug coverage could face steeper monthly costs…
Trump Will End Subsidies for Medicare Drug Premiums
The Trump administration announced on Tuesday that it intended to end a Biden-era program that for the past…
Retirement health costs rise to $185,500 for 2026 retirees: Fidelity
Momo Productions | Digitalvision | Getty Images A 65-year-old who retires in 2026 may spend an average of…
Opinion | Capping the Price of Health Care Is a Mistake
With health insurance premiums surging again, a growing chorus of economists and policymakers has settled on a cure…
I Went Back to Work to Afford My Husband’s Caregiving Costs
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Brenda Eicher-Beard, in her 70s and living in Virginia.…
Opioid Prescribing by Pain Specialists on the Rise
TOPLINE Opioid prescribing by pain medicine specialists rose between 2010 and 2024, while prescribing by primary care physicians…