Medicare

Right now, 68 million Americans have a deadline coming up: the deadline to decide their Medicare health coverage for next year if they’re over age 65 or have major disabilities.

Roth withdrawals also won’t increase your income for purposes of calculating Medicare Parts B and D premiums, which are subject to a surcharge for higher-income retirees.

Wall Street analysts are still unclear about what it means to have two negotiated prices for the same drugs and the same Medicare population.

Most Medicare experts will tell you to start your search to select a Medicare Advantage plan and/or Part D prescription-drug plan and/or a Medigap plan by using Medicare’s plan-comparison tool.

Then came the letter from the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.