• The Medicare drug subsidy that millions of enrollees overlook

    The Medicare drug subsidy that millions of enrollees overlook

    Nov 12, 2014 06:18 PM EST

    Editor’s Note: The open enrollment period for Medicare extends to Dec. 7. To help readers navigate this complicated process, Making Sen$e turns to journalist Philip Moeller, who writes widely on health and retirement, to answer your Medicare questions in a new column on this page, “Ask Phil, the Medicare ...

  • How to plug holes in your Medicare coverage

    How to plug holes in your Medicare coverage

    Nov 05, 2014 05:47 PM EST

    Editor’s Note: The open enrollment period for Medicare extends to Dec. 7. To help readers navigate this complicated process, Making Sen$e turns to journalist Philip Moeller, who writes widely on health and retirement, to answer your Medicare questions in a new column on this page, “Ask Phil, the Medicare ...

  • Don't let your Medicare Advantage plan disappear on you

    Don't let your Medicare Advantage plan disappear on you

    Oct 29, 2014 01:19 PM EST

    Editor's Note: Wednesday marks the third week of Medicare open enrollment and the third week of Making Sen$e's new Medicare column, "Ask Phil, the Medicare Maven." Philip Moeller, who writes widely on health and retirement, is here to guide readers through open enrollment, which ends Dec. 7, and ...

  • How to find a Medicare Part D drug plan online

    How to find a Medicare Part D drug plan online

    Oct 22, 2014 05:47 PM EST

    Editor’s Note: If you’re on Medicare, you’ll need prescription coverage. But how do you find a plan? With Medicare open enrollment underway through Dec. 7, Making Sen$e has turned to journalist Philip Moeller, our “Medicare Maven,” to guide readers through some of this period’s important decisions ...

  • How are Medicare Part D drug plans changing in 2015?

    How are Medicare Part D drug plans changing in 2015?

    Oct 22, 2014 05:25 PM EST

    Editor’s Note: Open enrollment for Medicare is here – until Dec. 7. To help readers navigate this period and their other Medicare decisions, Making Sen$e has introduced a new column, “Ask Phil, the Medicare Maven.” Journalist Philip Moeller, who writes widely on health and retirement, provided an overview of what ...

  • Medicare's open enrollment period is health care's Groundhog Day

    Medicare's open enrollment period is health care's Groundhog Day

    Oct 15, 2014 05:39 PM EST

    Editor’s Note: The open enrollment period for Medicare opens today. But what does that actually mean, and what are you supposed to do? Making Sen$e turns to journalist Philip Moeller, who writes widely on health and retirement, to answer your Medicare questions in a new column on this page ...

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    Does Obama Have It Right or Wrong on Social Security?

    Apr 12, 2013 06:53 PM EST

    Staffers pick up their copies of the President's Fiscal Year 2014 Budget at the Senate Budget Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on April 10, 2013. Photo By Douglas Graham/CQ Roll Call/Getty Images. Today we present a range of reactions to President Obama's proposal to trim Social Security, as discussed on the NewsHour last...

  • Opinion: Why the midterm elections are key to protecting senior benefit programs

    Opinion: Why the midterm elections are key to protecting senior benefit programs

    Feb 28, 2018 08:44 PM EST

    Democratic majorities in either the House or Senate would, for the time being, protect against further weakening of these programs, writes columnist Philip Moeller.

  • Will the haunting image of an injured Syrian boy make a difference?

    Will the haunting image of an injured Syrian boy make a difference?

    Aug 18, 2016 11:50 PM EST

    Airstrikes are a constant in Aleppo, Syria. But this week, global attention was captured by a haunting snapshot of one strike’s aftermath: a 5-year-old boy bloodied, dust covered and dazed. Such images have a history of going viral. But do they make an impact? Hari Sreenivasan asks Susan Moeller, a professor of journalism at the...

  • 7 ideas to help you build a great retirement

    7 ideas to help you build a great retirement

    May 01, 2015 03:40 PM EST

    Everything you do in your financial life throughout your working years is geared toward one goal: Being able to retire comfortably. Here are 7 ideas that could help you achieve that goal.