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Medicare Open Enrollment Starts Today

Medicare Open Enrollment begins today, free insurance counseling available

The Pennsylvania Department of Aging (PDA) is reminding older adults that the annual open enrollment period for Medicare beneficiaries will begin today, October 15, and end December 7. The PDA says during open enrollment,

Newsweek on MSN · 2d

Medicare Open Enrollment for 2025: Everything You Need to Know

Any new coverage selected during this time takes effect on January 1, 2025. If you're looking to make a change, you will need to contact the insurance company offering the plan directly. If you have questions or need help making enrollment changes, you can call 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227).

CNET on MSN · 1d

Medicare Open Enrollment Starts Today: How to Sign Up and Make Changes

Whether you're looking to join original Medicare or Medicare Advantage, today is the day when you can start making changes.

Denver Post on MSN · 1d

Medicare open enrollment starts Tuesday. Here’s what you need to know about the health insurance.

Retirees may finally be able to leave some workplace rituals behind, but the annual open enrollment period for health insurance is one that sticks around. Medicare’s open enrollment starts Tuesday and runs through Dec.

NewsRadio WFLA on MSN · 1d

Medicare Open Enrollment Period Begins Oct. 15th

The annual Medicare open enrollment period begins Tuesday for current enrollees to make changes and for new enrollees to sign up.

Donald Trump, Kamala Harris and Medicare

Mother Jones · 11h

Trump Super PAC Sent Out Bogus Medicare Cancellation Notice to Scare Voters About Kamala Harris

In Arizona, older people recently received a mailer declaring Medicare had been cancelled. It had a big red stamp that proclaimed, “Medicare Cancellation Notice.” Also emblazoned on its front was this: “Warning: Rates are going up & plans are being cancelled.

Yahoo · 12h

Social Security and Medicare: Where do Kamala Harris and Donald Trump stand?

How to address projected shortfalls for both the Social Security and Medicare trust funds will become an increasingly important topic for the president and Congress during the next decade

Washington Examiner on MSN · 1d

Trump evades releasing new medical report by attacking Harris’s health

Former President Donald Trump is dodging demands to release his medical history with attacks on Vice President Kamala Harris’s health after her campaign released her health records last week. Harris’s doctor released a summary of her health Saturday,

Choosing right Medicare plan with Select Health

Yahoo · 4h

Choosing the right Medicare plan with Select Health

The Medicare annual enrollment period started on October 15th. Select Health Medicare’s Matt Maher gives us some dates we should be aware of and tells us the important things to consider when choosing a Medicare plan.

Sun Sentinel on MSN · 1d

Costly mistakes to avoid when choosing a Medicare Advantage plan

Medicare offers many choices, and open enrollment is the time to reevaluate your coverage. In doing so, it is a good idea to forego assumptions and make sure your choices aren’t unnecessarily costing you money you could save by choosing differently.

Star Tribune · 2d

How to shop for the best deal on Medicare health and drug plans in 2025

A $2,000 cap on out-of-pocket drug costs in Part D plans is one of the big new benefits consumers will see during open enrollment.

Simple Drug Change Could Save Medicare Hundreds of Millions

Newsweek on MSN · 1d

Alzheimer's: Simple Drug Change Could Save Medicare Hundreds of Millions

Medicare could save millions of dollars every year by changing the way they package Alzheimer's medication.

Axios Vitals on MSN · 1d

Big vials of Alzheimer's drug could cost Medicare $336M

Medicare could be throwing away as much as $336 million worth of a costly Alzheimer's drug each year because the size of vials is too big, UCLA researchers estimate. Why it matters: The findings, published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine,

Science Daily · 1d

Smaller vial size for Alzheimer's drug could save Medicare hundreds of millions per year

Medicare could save up to 74% of the money lost from discarded Alzheimer's drug lecanemab by the simple introduction of a new vial size that would reduce the amount of unused medication that is thrown away.

Are you ready for all the changes coming to Medicare?

Some of the biggest changes in years are happening right now with Medicare and if you are a recipient, you need to be ready.

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Your parents’ Medicare decisions could come back to haunt you

When my parents were making their first Medicare decisions, I was in my early 30s and was not paying any attention. I had no ...

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Medicare Plans Are Making Big Changes for 2025. Here’s How to Navigate Them.

An estimated five million people will either have to get a new Medicare health plan or Part D drug plan as a result of the ...

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Medicare informational meeting Saturday at Booker T

At 9 a.m. Saturday, Salter Chapel A.M.E. Church hosts a community-wide Medicare Advantage Plan Enrollment and Re-Enrollment seminar at Booker T. Washington Recreation Center. In some cases, based on ...

ConsumerAffairs13h

Scammers are ratcheting up their Medicare game

Over the past couple of years, both CVS and CMS (the Medicare agency) have suffered data breaches of varying degrees.The ...

1dOpinion

Who’s Really Cutting Medicare?

Advantage plans for seniors are reducing benefits and raising costs after Biden cut payments.

Houston man guilty in $160 million Medicare fraud scheme

HOUSTON — A Houston man behind a massive Medicare fraud scheme is believed to have made more than $200 million by ...

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Positive changes are coming to Medicare, but it’s still a complex choice

As Medicare open enrollment begins on Oct. 15 (and continues through Dec. 7), millions of older Americans face the dilemma of ...

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