Viewed in a vacuum, no other program in the U.S. healthcare system has been as influential during the past 50 years than Medicare. Medicare has mostly done what President Lyndon B. Johnson and other ...

We may only be one month into 2026, but the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is already planning the prices for ...

The former NBC Today Show financial editor explains a key Medicare challenge. People approaching retirement — or already retired — face some important decisions regarding their health care coverage, ...

Reality: Some parts of Medicare (Part A, hospital coverage) are free for individuals who worked and paid Medicare taxes, but most people are still required to pay premiums, deductibles and copays.

Medicare is central to retirement health planning, but it has significant gaps that can surprise people who assume it works like an all-inclusive health plan. I want to walk through eight key services ...

Turning 65 can be daunting in more ways than one. For many North Carolinians, the weeks before their birthday are accompanied by a deluge of advertisements and mailings for various Medicare plans. The ...