Question: I'm 60 with $2.8 million saved. I'm miserable working, but I need health insurance until I can get Medicare at age 65. What are my options? Answer: By age 60, you may be at the point where ...

Jen Brull, MD: Sixty years ago, Congress passed legislation that created Medicare. In 1966, its first year of implementation, there were 19.1 million enrollees. Almost a decade later, enrollment had ...

For 60 years, Medicare has served as a social safety net. Workers pay into the system over their lifetimes with the expectation that they will be able to access affordable health care when they turn ...

Although Medicare helps cover the costs of most medical services, it's essential that you still plan for out-of-pocket expenses and understand that it's not truly "free" health care. In this ...

This year marks the 60th anniversaries of three cornerstone programs that have shaped aging in America—Medicare, Medicaid and the Older Americans Act (OAA). Signed into law in 1965 with bipartisan ...

Original Medicare provides valuable coverage, but it also comes with coverage gaps that can expose retirees to financial risk. A_Carina/ . For millions of retirees, tu ...

Federal health officials are now scrambling to fix tech issues, first reported by The Washington Post, that are displaying ...

Chikao Tsubaki had been having a terrible time. In his mid-80s, he had a stroke. Then lymphoma. Then prostate cancer. He was fatigued, isolated, not all that steady on his feet. Then Tsubaki took part ...