• 10 questions to ask before hiring an elder care attorney

    10 questions to ask before hiring an elder care attorney

    Jan 10, 2018 08:46 PM EST

    Editor’s Note: Journalist Philip Moeller is here to provide the answers you need on aging and retirement. His weekly column, “Ask Phil,” aims to help older Americans and their families by answering their health care and financial questions. Phil is the author of “Get What’s Yours for Medicare ...

  • Your Medicare and Social Security questions, answered

    Your Medicare and Social Security questions, answered

    Jan 04, 2018 04:12 PM EST

    ... does not satisfactorily address your question, let me know, and I will then consider providing you an individual reply. Until then, best wishes for 2018! Philip Moeller Phil Moeller is the author of “Get What’s Yours for Medicare: Maximize Your Coverage, Minimize Your Costs” and the co-author of ...

  • Adventurous seniors can find medical care on the road. Here's how

    Adventurous seniors can find medical care on the road. Here's how

    Dec 27, 2017 08:38 PM EST

    Editor’s Note: Journalist Philip Moeller is here to provide the answers you need on aging and retirement. His weekly column, “Ask Phil,” aims to help older Americans and their families by answering their health care and financial questions. Phil is the author of the new book, “Get What’s ...

  • What does this little-understood rule of Social Security mean for me?

    What does this little-understood rule of Social Security mean for me?

    Dec 20, 2017 08:31 PM EST

    Editor’s Note: Journalist Philip Moeller is here to provide the answers you need on aging and retirement. His weekly column, “Ask Phil,” aims to help older Americans and their families by answering their health care and financial questions. Phil is the author of “Get What’s Yours for Medicare ...

  • Everything you want to know about Medicare's rules on health savings accounts

    Everything you want to know about Medicare's rules on health savings accounts

    Dec 13, 2017 08:11 PM EST

    Editor’s Note: Journalist Philip Moeller is here to provide the answers you need on aging and retirement. His weekly column, “Ask Phil,” aims to help older Americans and their families by answering their health care and financial questions. Phil is the author of the new book, “Get What’s ...

  • Help! A doctor is ruining my credit with Medicare overbilling

    Help! A doctor is ruining my credit with Medicare overbilling

    Dec 06, 2017 07:59 PM EST

    Editor’s Note: Journalist Philip Moeller is here to provide the answers you need on aging and retirement. His weekly column, “Ask Phil,” aims to help older Americans and their families by answering their health care and financial questions. Send your questions to Phil. Sheri – Va.: I was overbilled by ...

  • I can't afford Medicare Part B. How do I prepare for tomorrow's health problems?

    I can't afford Medicare Part B. How do I prepare for tomorrow's health problems?

    Nov 29, 2017 08:28 PM EST

    While you have dodged a health care bullet so far, the odds are you will need substantial health care in your later years.

  • Medicare announced its premiums for 2018. Here's what you need to know.

    Medicare announced its premiums for 2018. Here's what you need to know.

    Nov 20, 2017 08:56 PM EST

    The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced that the 2018 premium for Part B of Medicare will remain at $134 a month. But even with no change, millions of Social Security recipients will pay sharply higher Part B premiums that will eat up all or most of next year’s 2 percent cost of living...

  • How does a married couple make the most of Medicare and an employer health plan?

    How does a married couple make the most of Medicare and an employer health plan?

    Nov 15, 2017 08:00 PM EST

    A couple finds that insuring the husband through the wife's employer plan is too expensive and doesn't cover much. Could a Medicare option save them money?

  • Does it matter where you buy a Medigap plan?

    Does it matter where you buy a Medigap plan?

    Nov 08, 2017 09:06 PM EST

    A grandfather who is planning a move to another state wonders if it matters where he buys a Medigap plan.