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Has Your Dream Nest Egg Become a Tax Nightmare? What You Can Do About It

Retirement savers with big bucks in traditional IRAs and pretax 401(k)s could face huge tax bills when their RMDs kick in. Here's a potential solution.

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Medicare or Medicare Advantage: Which Is Right for You?

From overall costs to availability of care, here's what to know about the differences between traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage plans.

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You Could Pay Only $2 for These Drugs Soon Under Medicare

Those enrolled in Medicare could soon pay just $2 for these prescription drugs.

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Silver Lining? Four Tax Benefits of a Lower 2025 Social Security COLA

Could less mean more, when it comes to taxes and the Social Security benefit increase for 2025?

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Politicians’ proposals would only minimally lower US drug prices, says report

Advocates say multiple strategies must be used to lower prices as new drugs threaten to bankrupt health system

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Social Security Tax Limit Jumps 4.4% for 2025

The Social Security Administration has announced significant changes affecting millions as we approach a new year.

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Medicare vs. Medicare Advantage: sales pitches are often from biased sources, the choices can be overwhelming and impartial help is not equally available to all

The 67 million Americans eligible for Medicare make an important decision every October: Should they make changes in their Medicare health insurance plans for the next calendar year?

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Chase Oliver on Budget Cuts, War, and Immigration

"Right now, we need to get ourselves at least to a balanced budget, and that involves cutting a lot of the third rails of American politics," the Libertarian presidential nominee tells Reason.

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Harris vs Trump on Medicare Drug Price Negotiations: Fact Check

A fact check of what the Trump and Biden-Harris administrations did around Medicare drug price negotiations.

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Harris proposes that Medicare cover more in-home health care, filling a large gap for older Americans and their caregivers

Vice President Kamala Harris has outlined a proposal to allow Medicare to expand its coverage of home health care for older Americans. The Democratic presidential nominee announced this plan on the television talk show “The View.”

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Kamala Harris Proposes Medicare Cover In-Home Healthcare

Vice President Kamala Harris proposed a plan for Medicare to cover in-home healthcare.

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Harris proposes expanding Medicare to cover in-home senior care

Vice President Kamala Harris is proposing to provide federal funding to cover home care costs for older Americans, aiming to help the “sandwich generation” of adults caring for aging parents while raising their children at the same time

The Independent UK

Vice President Harris Proposes Expanding Medicare To Cover Home Care

Vice President Kamala Harris proposes expanding Medicare to cover home health care, addressing caregiving challenges and supporting aging Americans.

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Vice President Harris To Propose Medicare Home Health Care Benefits

Vice President Kamala Harris unveils Medicare home health care benefits proposal targeting 'sandwich generation' on 'The View'.

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Harris unveils plan to allow Medicare to cover in-home care - Roll Call

Vice President Kamala Harris proposed a policy to help seniors “age in place” and allow older Americans to get care at home via Medicare.

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Bulk-billing incentives can't stop GP visits cost rise

The cost of a GP appointment keeps rising, with a spike in the number of GPs slugging patients more than $90 for a consultation.

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Is Medicare a Good Reason to Wait Until 65 to Retire?

The average retirement age is 62, but many people wait until Medicare starts at 65. Should health care be the key driver of your retirement date?

Texas Observer

Generous Guests: Undocumented Immigrants Subsidize Our Healthcare

While barred from most government healthcare programs, undocumented residents pay more in healthcare taxes than the entire cost of their own care.

The Conversation

Low pay, high staff turnover and employee burnout took a toll on social service nonprofits during the COVID-19 pandemic − new research

Social service nonprofits had high rates of staff turnover and a hard time filling vacant positions in 2022 as the COVID-19 pandemic was ending.

Reason

Americans Grow Increasingly Dependent on Government Payments

Many citizens of the land of the free are hooked on government checks.

The Guardian - AU

Tara lost her teeth ‘one by one’ and can barely eat. She’s not alone, an Australian dental study says

Almost one in five adults delay or don’t see a dentist due to cost, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare found

The Independent UK

Quality ratings hit to key Medicare plan shakes Humana stock

Shares of Humana have tumbled after the health insurer said a Medicare Advantage quality rating drop will hurt future bonus payments the company receives

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Humana Stock Sinks on Weak Medicare Star Ratings: What to Know

Humana stock is spiraling Wednesday after the CMS provided preliminary Star Ratings data for the insurer's 2025 Medicare Advantage plans.

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