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Average senior's Social Security check to increase a measly $4 in 2017

By Philip Moeller

Social Security’s annual cost of living adjustment, or COLA, will be only 0.3 percent in 2017.

News Wrap: Medicare rolls out new system for paying doctors

By PBS News Hour

In our news wrap Friday, Medicare is changing the way it compensates doctors and other clinicians. Starting in 2019, care providers will be allowed to choose whether they want to be paid for quality instead of quantity. Also, swollen rivers…

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Medicare unveils far-reaching overhaul of doctors' pay

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press

Medicare on Friday unveiled a far-reaching overhaul of how it compensates doctors and other clinicians.

Are you prepared for Medicare open enrollment?

By Philip Moeller

Medicare’s annual open enrollment period begins Oct. 15 and runs through Dec. 7. During this period, Medicare beneficiaries are free to select new plans.

Signing up for Medicare? Read this cautionary tale first

By Philip Moeller

Let this story be your cautionary guide for Medicare's more practical roadblocks.

How do the Affordable Care Act and Medicare interact?

By Philip Moeller

By design, state health exchanges and Medicare are not supposed to work together.

With an increase in EpiPen use among seniors, Medicare spending up 1,100 percent

By Julie Appleby and Mary Agnes Carey, Kaiser Health News

The total number of Medicare beneficiaries using EpiPens climbed 164 percent while Medicare spending skyrocketed nearly 1,100 percent from 2007 to 2014, a new report shows.

I keep falling. Will Medicare cover a home health aide?

By Philip Moeller

Medicare usually only covers things that are deemed medically necessary by your doctor or another health care professional. But what's considered "medically necessary"?…

Last year's COLA headache is likely to return this fall

By Philip Moeller

The wheels started falling off this wagon last year, because there was no consumer price inflation and thus a zero COLA for 2016. Medicare expenses and premiums continued to rise, however.