Medicare

Retirees cannot disenroll from Medicare Part A without also losing their Social Security benefits and refunding . . .

If you are about to turn 65, then it is time to think about Medicare. You become eligible for Medicare as soon as you turn 65, and delaying your enrollment can result in penalties.

As we grow older, new challenges emerge. Employing an engaging and often humorous tone, a law professor and an elder law attorney offer practical advice for navigating these challenges.

One of the benefits of the health reform law took effect January 1 . . .

Three days after enacting a Medicare regulation that would have reimbursed doctors . . .

Two federal courts in the past two months have ruled that Medicare's coverage of skilled care does not require . . .

A growing number of Medicare recipients are spending days in the hospital before moving to a nursing home, only to find that . . .

Medicare beneficiaries younger than 65 receive fewer medical services, have a harder time paying for the medical care . . .

A federal appeals court has again said that 230,000 Medicare Part D beneficiaries who were erroneously mailed a premium refund . . .