Readers had questions about cash balance plans after a recent Journal story, and we have answers.

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A Medigap plan, also known as a Medicare supplement plan, picks up the slack for health care expenses not covered by original Medicare, such as co-payments, deductibles and coinsurance. Read on to ...

CMS cannot finalize policies that were not, in some way, shape, or form, included in the proposed reg. While CMS can ...

Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage are two different ways to get health care coverage in retirement. Here’s how to decide which is right for you.

Wave goodbye to the Part D "donut hole" and hello to a $2,000 cap on the amount you'll pay for medications. But other changes ...

Some Medicare Advantage plans may offer extra perks, known as Medicare allowances, that cover certain nonmedical items or services such as groceries and transportation.

They can also opt for Medicare Part C, also known as a Medicare Advantage plan. It is a Medicare-approved ... But the investigation adds to a long list of woes for the company, which has faced ...

Medicare, Medicaid—none of that stuff is going to be touched.” Fast-forward a week, and he endorsed House Republicans’ budget plan ... either (in part because Vance has been conspicuously ...

Medicare Advantage (Part C) plans offer benefits beyond what Original ... and they are listed in your plan’s formulary, or drug list. For example, if you have a health condition that produces ...

Medicare, by contrast ... as well as Washington, D.C., have used their own funds to extend Medicaid coverage to such individuals. California was the first state to do so. Eligibility generally ...

C, D, F, G, K, L, M and N). And those first two Medigap plans should not be confused with two basic building blocks of Medicare that everyone uses — Part A (hospitalization) and Part B ...