Medicare, Social Security, scams, bills
Every fall the cost-of-living raise and the Medicare Part B premium are announced weeks apart, and the second number quietly decides how much of the first you keep.
Before you reach for the checkbook, there are two sentences to say on the phone, and my father never knew he was allowed to say either one.
A customer paid us, never got what they paid for because of our own failure, and disputed the charge; they were right, and here is what it taught me.
A plain envelope from Social Security tells thousands of retirees every fall that their Medicare premiums just went up because of income they earned two years ago.
Age 62, your full retirement age, and 70 each come with a different monthly number, and the one you pick stays with you for life.
The four phone and text scams aimed hardest at people over 60 right now, the one rule that beats all of them, and what to do if you already answered.