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Your Medicare tax dollars at work

By Philip Moeller

Medicare Maven Phil Moeller answers your Medicare questions.

Why won't Medicare cover dental, hearing or vision expenses?

By Philip Moeller

The failure of Medicare to cover most dental, hearing and vision expenses is perhaps its greatest failing.

Lower drug prices: Does any candidate have an Rx?

By Philip Moeller

The absence of drug-pricing proposals from the GOP contenders illustrates how hard it would be for Sanders or Clinton to get Congressional approval should they win office.

Obama sends Congress record $4.1 trillion 2017 spending plan

By Andrew Taylor and Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press Writers

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is unveiling his eighth and final budget, a $4 trillion-plus proposal that's freighted with liberal policy initiatives and new and familiar tax hikes — all sent to a dismissive Republican-controlled Congress that simply wants to…

Fact-checking the 5th Democratic debate

By Calvin Woodward and Christopher S. Rugaber

WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton cast the financial industry as an adversary in her presidential campaign — despite the money that industry has poured into her White House effort. Bernie Sanders once again mischaracterized the share of the wealth taken by…

If I'm covered by the Affordable Care Act, do I have to switch to Medicare?

By Philip Moeller

Medicare expert Philip Moeller answers your Medicare questions.

The do-it-yourself guide to Medicare shopping

By Philip Moeller

An average of 10,000 Americans turn 65 every day of every year and will continue doing so until about 2029. Medicare expert Phil Moeller invites all of you to come along for a DIY Medicare shopping trip.

5 things you should know about Medicare's new end-of-life discussions

By Philip Moeller

End-of-life discussions with your physician or other licensed caregiver are now being paid for by Medicare.

Like it or not, we're all in the same Medicare boat

By Philip Moeller

The Medicare boat may be leaky and full of unclear and even unfair rules, but we all need to be in it to help the system survive.

Medicare expands major experiment to coordinate medical care

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press

Medicare is expanding a major experiment that strives to keep seniors healthier by coordinating basic medical care to prevent common problems that often lead to hospitalization.